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Proton Beam Radiation Treatment, Simple

Missouri 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?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$776$195 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,778 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $851 to $4,169Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $100 to $4,786
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,951professional $776

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
$1,380.38
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,584.89
4 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
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$741.31

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 38th of 51

$794

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.