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California rates for HCPCS C9734

Focused ultrasound ablation/therapeutic intervention, other than uterine leiomyomata, with magnetic resonance (MR) guidance

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does HCPCS C9734 cost?

$4,467

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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$52.48$39.81 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$3,236 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $13,490Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $40 to $11,482
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $52

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
$19,498.45
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$27,542.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$295.12
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,378.01
Median
$33,113.11
Typical High
$41,686.94
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$100.00
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,772.37
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
$38,018.94
Median
$38,018.94
Typical High
$38,018.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$16,218.10

Where California sits

The same service costs 3467.4 times more in Montana than in New Hampshire. 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· 41st of 50

$4,467

MT $39,811NH $11.48

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.