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Placement Of Internal Radiation Applicator, Uterus

North Dakota 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $389 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$575$372 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$288 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $263 to $2,512Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $288 to $933
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $389professional $575

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
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 12th of 51

$562

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.