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Breast Applicator Placement for Intraoperative Radiation

Virginia rates for HCPCS C9726

Placement and removal (if performed) of applicator into breast for intraoperative radiation therapy, add-on to primary breast procedure

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Breast Applicator Placement for Intraoperative Radiation cost?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$1,202$1,202 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,202 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $3,981
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $1,202

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
$1,202.26
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,238.72
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$10,964.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in California than in Wisconsin. 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.

Virginia· 12th of 51

$1,230

CA $3,020WI $1,202

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.