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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

South 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?

$251

Typical physician fee. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $209 to $324.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $182 to $2,951Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $158 to $407
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $214professional $251

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
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$112.20
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$83.18
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 16th of 51

$251

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.