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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

North Carolina 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $158 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$309$174 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$132 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $132 to $295Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $132 to $692
$200$500$1Kfacility $158professional $309

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
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$141.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$537.03
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$331.13
8 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
$66.07
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$117.49

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 10th of 51

$282

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.