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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

Colorado 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 Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $195 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$229$178 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$155 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,862Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $155 to $389
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $195professional $229

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
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$109.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$190.55
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$562.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$85.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$67.61
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
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 21st 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.