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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 July 2026.

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

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $1,549 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$417$339 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$891 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,495Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $257 to $603
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $417

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
$446.68
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$616.60
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$501

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.