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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 July 2026.

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

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $813 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 6 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$447$282 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$550 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $214 to $2,884Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $174 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $813professional $447

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
$141.25
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$812.83

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.8 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· 2nd of 51

$457

AK $603KY $158

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.