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Brachytherapy Source, Stranded, Iodine-125

California rates for HCPCS C2638

Brachytherapy source, stranded, iodine-125, per source

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Brachytherapy Source, Stranded, Iodine-125 cost?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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$30.20$27.54 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$46.77 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $28 to $129Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $28 to $63
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $63professional $30

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
$46.77
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$34.67
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
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
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$74.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$38,018.94

Where California sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in South Dakota than in Kentucky. 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· 9th of 51

$37.15

SD $66.07KY $27.54

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.