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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

Arizona 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $162 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$204$155 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$110 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $45 to $1,259Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $148 to $3,020
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $162professional $204

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
$151.36
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$128.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$323.59
3 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
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 38th of 51

$195

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.