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Placement of Vaginal Device for Internal Radiation

Missouri 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $832 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$209$155 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$219 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $129 to $5,623Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $115 to $468
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $832professional $209

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
$223.87
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$23,988.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
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
$87.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$169.82

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 32nd of 51

$219

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.