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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

Iowa 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $437 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$257$151 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$372 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,479Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $105 to $794
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $437professional $257

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
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$954.99
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$2,511.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$89.13
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,905.46
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$194.98
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$282

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.