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Proton Beam Radiation Treatment, Simple

Rhode Island 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?

$1,380

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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 4 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$1,380$955 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$1,148 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $4,074Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,950
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $1,380

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 16th of 51

$1,380

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.