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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

Michigan 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $166 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$174$162 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$89.13 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $65 to $2,239Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $138 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $166professional $174

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
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$100.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$120.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$162.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$218.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$165.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$85.11
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$891.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$257.04
4 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
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$34.67
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 41st of 51

$174

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.