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Prostate Radiation Spacer Placement, with Imaging

West Virginia 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 October 2026.

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

$5,208

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,208 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,188$219 to $3,981
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$182 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $182 to $11,482Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $158 to $8,318
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,020professional $2,188

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$3,019.95
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$9,549.93
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$21,877.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$8,317.64
5 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
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$275.42

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Oklahoma than in Maine. 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

West Virginia· 42nd of 51

$5,208

$2,188 physician + $3,020 facility

OK $14,688ME $3,415

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.