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Ultrasound Guidance For Placing Internal Radiation Sources

Iowa rates for HCPCS 76965

The use of ultrasound imaging to guide the precise placement of radioactive seeds or sources directly into or near a tumor during an internal radiation treatment. This is most commonly used for prostate cancer, helping the physician position the radiation sources accurately within the target tissue.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound Guidance For Placing Internal Radiation Sources cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $251 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$195$129 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$209 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $151 to $363Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $100 to $427
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $251professional $195

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
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$446.68
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$295.12
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$70.79
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$79.43
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$200

AK $309TX $58.88

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.