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Placement Of Internal Radiation Applicator, Uterus

Oklahoma 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$447$363 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$603 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $398 to $9,120Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $302 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $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
$398.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
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
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$39.81

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 22nd of 51

$501

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.