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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 July 2026.

How much does Proton Beam Radiation Session, Complex cost?

$1,862

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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 7 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$1,905$1,413 to $2,188
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$1,148 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $162 to $3,236Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $234 to $2,399
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $1,905

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
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,884.03
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,120.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,570.40
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 17.4 times more in Washington, DC than in Ohio. 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· 25th of 51

$1,862

DC $4,898OH $282

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.