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Proton Beam Radiation Treatment, Simple

Illinois 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?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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$1,096$933 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$794 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $468 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,344
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $1,096

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
$12,302.69
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,754.40
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 30th of 51

$1,096

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.