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Placing Markers In The Chest For Radiotherapy Aiming

Oregon rates for HCPCS 32553

Small metal markers are placed through the skin into or beside a target in the chest, using imaging to guide the needle. The markers show up clearly on scans during radiation treatment so the beam can be aimed accurately at a target that moves with breathing. One or several markers are placed in the same session.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placing Markers In The Chest For Radiotherapy Aiming cost?

$977

Typical facility fee. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $617 to $1,202.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $355 to $5,129Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,230
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $977professional $490

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
$436.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$7,943.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,318.26
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Oregon· 40th of 49

$977

IN $6,761WV $479

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.