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Implantable Glucose Sensor Placement

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 0446T

This service places a small sensor under the skin to continuously monitor blood glucose levels over time, rather than a general skin treatment. It is performed by a physician or other qualified clinician in an outpatient setting. The sensor transmits glucose readings to a connected device so patients and providers can track blood sugar trends.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Implantable Glucose Sensor Placement cost?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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$324$102 to $7,586
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$85.11 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $65 to $5,129Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $59 to $13,490
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $324

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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$7,079.46
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$18,620.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$151.36
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$11,481.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$15,135.61
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$18,620.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$14,125.38

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 46.8 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Massachusetts· 38th of 51

$1,479

AK $5,370MD $115

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.