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Placement Of Internal Radiation Applicator, Uterus

Arizona rates for HCPCS 57155

This procedure places a small device inside the uterus and vagina to hold radioactive material in position for internal radiation treatment, most often used for cervical or uterine cancer. It is a preparatory step that positions the applicator; the radiation treatment itself is delivered afterward. It is done under anesthesia or sedation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placement Of Internal Radiation Applicator, Uterus cost?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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 5 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$355$282 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$1,318 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,761Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $240 to $832
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $355

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$724.44

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Rhode Island. 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.

Arizona· 42nd of 51

$389

AK $1,148RI $331

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.