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Brachytherapy Source, Iridium-192, High Dose Rate

Massachusetts 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $363 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 8 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$355$240 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$70.79 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $71 to $2,570Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $71 to $617
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $363professional $355

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
$70.79
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$870.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
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
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$436.52
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$38,018.94

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 6th of 51

$355

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.