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Proton Beam Radiation Treatment, Simple

Massachusetts 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?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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$1,514$1,000 to $2,399
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$933 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $676 to $2,692Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $724 to $5,623
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $1,514

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,951.21
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,918.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,951.21
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,754.23
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
3 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 17th of 51

$1,349

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.