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Proton Beam Radiation Treatment, Simple

Colorado 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?

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,413 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 7 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$1,413$933 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$1,000 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,862Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,950
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,000professional $1,413

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
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,344.23
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,698.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,041.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 21st of 51

$1,318

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.