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Brachytherapy Source, Nonstranded, Gold-198

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS C1716

Brachytherapy source, nonstranded, gold-198, per source

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Brachytherapy Source, Nonstranded, Gold-198 cost?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $186 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$224$186 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$186 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $186 to $4,898Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $186 to $513
$100$1K$10Kfacility $186professional $224

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
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$38,018.94

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Oklahoma 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.

Massachusetts· 6th of 51

$224

OK $1,380ID $186

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.