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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

Massachusetts 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?

$229

Typical physician fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $162 to $417.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $117 to $832
$50$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $229

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
$79.43
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$524.81
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$724.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$3,162.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$1,047.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$281.84
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$524.81
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$295.12
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$109.65
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$724.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$3,162.28
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$1,047.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$398.11

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 19th of 51

$229

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.