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Brachytherapy Needle

California rates for HCPCS C1715

Brachytherapy needle

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Brachytherapy Needle cost?

$2.24

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.24 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 6 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$2.24$2.24 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$3.47 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $2 to $145Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $55
$5$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $2

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
$38.02
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$52.48
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$83.18
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69

Where California sits

The same service costs 26.9 times more in Mississippi than in Idaho. 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.

California· 6th of 51

$2.24

MS $60.26ID $2.24

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.