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Brachytherapy Source, Iridium-192, High Dose Rate

Illinois 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 Illinois, 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 $447 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 5 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 $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$282 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $224 to $933Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $224 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $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
$223.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$38,018.94

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 22nd 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.