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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

Illinois 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$209$174 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$178 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,318Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $132 to $389
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $537professional $209

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
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$102.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$501.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,380.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$1,174.90
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$794.33
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$190.55
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$269.15
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
$60.26
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 29th of 51

$209

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.