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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

Montana 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $245 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$195$166 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$148 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $54 to $275Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $138 to $263
$50$100$200facility $245professional $195

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$223.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$223.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$112.20

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 26th of 51

$214

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.