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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

Washington, DC 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 July 2026.

How much does Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session cost?

$129

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $129 to $324.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,514
$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $129

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$57.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,089.30
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$239.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$323.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$239.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$912.01

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Wyoming 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.

Washington, DC· 50th of 51

$129

WY $479FL $120

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.