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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

South 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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$158$105 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$933 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $324 to $2,570Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $47 to $525
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,698professional $158

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$102.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$512.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$309.03
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
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$173.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$120.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$120.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$120.23

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$166

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.