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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 July 2026.

How much does Proton Beam Radiation Treatment, Simple cost?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $794 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$813$162 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$724 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,148Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,380
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794professional $813

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 33.1 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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· 39th of 51

$794

AK $3,715KY $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.