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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

Rhode Island 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$219$174 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$891 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $813 to $1,445Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $148 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,175professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$549.54

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 20th of 51

$229

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.