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Placement of Applicators for Internal Radiation

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 20555

Thin needles or catheters are placed into muscle or soft tissue around a growth so that a radioactive source can later be delivered through them, treating the growth from the inside. The applicators are positioned to surround the target, with imaging used as needed to guide them. The radiation itself is given afterward through the applicators.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placement of Applicators for Internal Radiation cost?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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 5 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$407$339 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$1,096 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $501 to $5,888Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $288 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $407

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
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Louisiana· 14th of 51

$550

CA $4,571DE $331

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.