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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 October 2026.

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

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $195 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$141 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$120 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $50 to $3,388Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $120 to $513
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $195professional $166

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
$120.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$53.70
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$588.84
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$144.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$457.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$309.03
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$3,548.13
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$2,238.72
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$588.84
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
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$102.33

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 44th 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.