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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

Arkansas 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$195$145 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$513 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $363 to $708Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $132 to $331
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $513professional $195

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
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$87.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$147.91
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$426.58
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
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 22nd of 51

$229

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.