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Placement of Vaginal Device for Internal Radiation

Oklahoma 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$229$182 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$269 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $155 to $8,710Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,148
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $229

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
$208.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$229.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
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
$181.97
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23
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
$114.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$173.78

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 17th of 51

$269

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.