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Proton Beam Radiation Treatment, Simple

Alabama rates for HCPCS 77520

Delivery of one session of proton beam radiation therapy, which uses charged particles that stop at a set depth in the body instead of passing all the way through. This is the straightforward form, aimed at a single treatment area without the custom-shaped devices used to shape the beam around more complicated targets. A full course is made up of many such sessions, usually given on weekdays over several weeks.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Proton Beam Radiation Treatment, Simple cost?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $708 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$851$617 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$708 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $708 to $708Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,000
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $708professional $851

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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$977.24
1 more rate 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
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 64.6 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Alabama· 42nd of 51

$708

AK $3,715NY $57.54

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.