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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

Alabama 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $708 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$138 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$708 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $708 to $708Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $115 to $407
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $708professional $182

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$93.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$316.23
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 13th of 51

$251

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.