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Brachytherapy Source, Iridium-192, High Dose Rate

California rates for HCPCS C1717

Brachytherapy source, nonstranded, high dose rate iridium-192, per source

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Brachytherapy Source, Iridium-192, High Dose Rate cost?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $490 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 9 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$224 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$355 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,549Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $79 to $490
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $490professional $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
$257.04
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$38,018.94

Where California sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Oklahoma than in Virginia. 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· 24th of 51

$240

OK $1,288VA $224

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.