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Placement Of Internal Radiation Applicator, Uterus

Louisiana 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 October 2026.

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

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$447$347 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$891 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $427 to $6,607Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $295 to $617
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $447

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
$446.68
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$616.60
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
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
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$47.86

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.9 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.

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$490

AK $1,380NY $355

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.