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Placement Of Internal Radiation Applicator, Uterus

Kansas 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 6 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$398$355 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$1,905 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $468 to $15,849Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $275 to $617
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $398

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
$660.69
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 16th of 51

$513

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.