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Proton Beam Radiation Treatment, Simple

Texas 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?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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$933$776 to $5,623
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,175 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,266Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $355 to $8,318
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $933

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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,317.64
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,096.48
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,862.09
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$741.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$426.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$169.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,495.41
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
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
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 13th of 51

$1,479

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.