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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 October 2026.

How much does Proton Beam Radiation Treatment, Simple cost?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,479$832 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$1,259 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $851 to $3,467Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,950
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $1,479

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
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,238.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,290.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,041.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,897.79
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,698.24
2 more rates 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
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$588.84

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 5th of 51

$1,738

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.