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Proton Beam Radiation Treatment, Simple

Arizona 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?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 5 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$1,380$1,072 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$269 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $120 to $2,692Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $105 to $2,239
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $468professional $1,380

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
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 29th of 51

$1,122

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.