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Brachytherapy Radioelements

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS Q3001

Radioelements for brachytherapy, any type, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Brachytherapy Radioelements cost?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $178 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$72.44$61.66 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$100 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $100 to $4,898Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $62 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $178professional $72

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,128.61
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,388.44
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in New York than in North Carolina. 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.

Massachusetts· 7th of 51

$74.13

NY $200NC $43.65

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.