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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

Connecticut 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $316 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$200$162 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$224 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $105 to $2,138Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $151 to $457
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $316professional $200

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
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$562.34
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
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
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 34th of 51

$204

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.