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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 October 2026.

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

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $724 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$186$145 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$661 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,202Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $105 to $427
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $724professional $186

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
$95.50
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$75.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$363.08
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$177.83

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$224

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.