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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

Mississippi 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $631 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$219$145 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$182 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,122Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $123 to $457
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $631professional $219

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$63.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$478.63
2 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
$66.07
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$47.86

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 24th of 51

$219

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.