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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

Minnesota 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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$288$229 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$646 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $148 to $7,413Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $170 to $501
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $288

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
$147.91
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$154.88
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$851.14
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$316.23
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$446.68
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$331.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$102.33
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$44.67

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$331

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.