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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

Alaska rates for HCPCS 77470

An additional service is billed when a radiation therapy session requires special technique or extra planning beyond a standard daily treatment, for example, when a very large area of the body needs to be treated at once. It reflects the added complexity of that particular session rather than a separate treatment on its own.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session cost?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $525 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$575$389 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$407 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $324 to $2,692Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $214 to $741
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $575

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,715.35
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Alaska than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$575

AK $575FL $112

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.