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Placement Of Markers For Prostate Radiation Guidance

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 55876

Small markers, called fiducials, are placed into the prostate gland using a needle so that a radiation therapy machine can precisely track the gland's position during each treatment session. This helps ensure that radiation is aimed accurately at the prostate and not at surrounding healthy tissue.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placement Of Markers For Prostate Radiation Guidance cost?

$1,484

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,484 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$166$115 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$141 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $120 to $4,571Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $98 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $166

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
$141.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$467.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,495.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$426.58
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$389.05
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,365.16
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,495.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$426.58

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 15.7 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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

Massachusetts· 34th of 50

$1,484

$166 physician + $1,318 facility

CA $5,768ND $367

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.