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Brachytherapy Source, Nonstranded, Cesium-131

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS C2643

Brachytherapy source, nonstranded, cesium-131, per source

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $148 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 6 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$64.57$64.57 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$70.79 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $65 to $295Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $62 to $158
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $148professional $65

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
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$72.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38,018.94
Median
$38,018.94
Typical High
$38,018.94
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$245.47
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$38,018.94

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Vermont than in Maine. 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.

Pennsylvania· 12th of 51

$64.57

VT $275ME $61.66

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.