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Prostate Radiation Spacer Placement, with Imaging

California rates for HCPCS 55874

This procedure places a temporary spacer material between the prostate and the rectum before radiation therapy for prostate cancer, performed together with imaging guidance such as ultrasound or CT to confirm accurate placement. The spacer creates extra space to help shield the rectum from radiation exposure during treatment, and it is gradually absorbed by the body over the following months.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Prostate Radiation Spacer Placement, with Imaging cost?

$8,613

Typical total for the visit. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,613 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,715 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 13 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,715$251 to $5,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,162 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $13,804Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $166 to $10,000
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $3,715

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
$1,698.24
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,549.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,022.64
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$26,302.68
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$7,413.10
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,165.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,244.36
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$23,988.33
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$22,908.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,801.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,456.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$7,079.46
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$10,471.29
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$28,840.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where California sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Arkansas. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

California· 12th of 50

$8,613

$3,715 physician + $4,898 facility

WI $13,948AR $2,691

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.