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Proton Beam Radiation Treatment, Simple

Michigan 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $562 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 6 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$537$490 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$447 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,445Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,950
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $562professional $537

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
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 46th of 51

$550

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.