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Placement of Vaginal Device for Internal Radiation

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 57156

In this procedure a doctor places a small device inside the vagina that will later be loaded with a radioactive source to deliver radiation directly to nearby tissue, a treatment known as brachytherapy. It's commonly used as part of treatment for gynecologic cancers such as cervical or uterine cancer. The device itself does not contain radioactive material during placement; that is added afterward in a separate step.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placement of Vaginal Device for Internal Radiation cost?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $209 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$275$186 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$209$141 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,905Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $148 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $209professional $275

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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$269.15
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,819.70
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$616.60
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$316.23
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$371.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$660.69
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$741.31
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,819.70
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$691.83
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91
1 more rate 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Massachusetts· 15th of 51

$275

AK $617KY $148

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.