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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

Louisiana 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?

$195

Typical physician fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $151 to $229.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $135 to $251
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $195

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
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$89.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$354.81

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 32nd of 51

$195

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.