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Proton Beam Radiation Session, Complex

Colorado rates for HCPCS 77525

Delivers one session of proton beam radiation treatment, which uses charged particles rather than X-rays so that most of the energy is released at the tumor and less passes through into tissue beyond it. This is the more involved version, used where the beam has to be shaped carefully around nearby structures that must be protected. The charge covers a single treatment session.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Proton Beam Radiation Session, Complex cost?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,905$1,514 to $2,399
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$162 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $120 to $5,129Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $2,884
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $1,905

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,570.40
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 70.8 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.

Colorado· 17th of 51

$1,905

AK $4,786NY $67.61

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.