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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

Tennessee 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $132 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$219$141 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$120 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $79 to $692Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $120 to $3,162
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $132professional $219

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
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$63.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$426.58
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$426.58
3 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
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 27th of 51

$214

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.