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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 July 2026.

How much does Proton Beam Radiation Treatment, Simple cost?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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 9 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$813$776 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$891 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $575 to $3,981Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,630
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $813

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,737.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 35th of 51

$912

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.