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Brachytherapy Source, Stranded, Cesium-131

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS C2642

Brachytherapy source, stranded, cesium-131, per source

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Brachytherapy Source, Stranded, Cesium-131 cost?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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 7 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$120$87.10 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$85.11 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $85 to $5,888Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $85 to $120
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $85professional $120

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
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$162.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13
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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$23,988.33
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$38,018.94

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Alabama than in Arkansas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $120 · 6th of 51
AL $162AR $85.11

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.