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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

North Dakota 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?

$288

Typical physician fee. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $219 to $339.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,820Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $138 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $135professional $288

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
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$131.83
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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 8th of 51

$288

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.