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Surgical Exposure Of Prostate For Radiation Seeds

Alabama rates for HCPCS 55860

Surgery that opens the area around the prostate so radioactive sources can be placed directly into the gland to treat prostate cancer from within. Placing the sources inside the gland concentrates the radiation on the tumor while limiting the dose to the bladder and rectum nearby. This version reaches the prostate through an incision rather than placing the sources through the skin under imaging guidance.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Exposure Of Prostate For Radiation Seeds cost?

$1,380

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 4 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$1,380$891 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,148 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $692 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $1,380

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.6 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.

Alabama· 23rd of 51

$1,380

CA $5,248DE $933

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.