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Placing Radiation Applicators In Pelvic Organs

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 55920

Hollow needles or thin catheters are placed into a pelvic organ or the genital tissue so that radioactive sources can be delivered through them afterwards. Positioning is done under imaging or direct view so the applicators sit accurately around the target. The radiation treatment itself is given separately once the applicators are in place.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placing Radiation Applicators In Pelvic Organs cost?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$575$537 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,549 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,762Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $447 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $575

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Rhode Island· 32nd of 51

$617

AK $1,862NY $437

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.