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Proton Beam Radiation Treatment, Simple

Idaho 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 Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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 8 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$832$794 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$1,259 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $871 to $3,467Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,820
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $832

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
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,187.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,344.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$724.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,041.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,905.46
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 22nd 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.