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Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session

Virginia 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 July 2026.

How much does Extra Planning For A Complex Radiation Treatment Session cost?

$195

Typical physician fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $138 to $251.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $120 to $501
$50$200$1K$5Kprofessional $195

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$165.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,995.26
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$512.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$204.17
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$154.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$57.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$3,548.13
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$524.81

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Wyoming 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.

Virginia· 33rd of 51

$195

WY $479FL $120

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.