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Placement of Vaginal Device for Internal Radiation

Minnesota 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $427 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$407$269 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$219 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,445Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $214 to $832
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $427professional $407

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
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$758.58
2 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
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$165.96

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$417

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.