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Brachytherapy Source, Stranded, Cesium-131

Washington 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $302 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$87.10$87.10 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$95.50 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $87 to $562Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $85 to $162
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $302professional $87

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
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$162.18
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$38,018.94

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Alabama than in Arkansas. 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.

Washington· 37th of 51

$87.10

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.