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Placement of Vaginal Device for Internal Radiation

Tennessee 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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$224$174 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$447 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $170 to $4,074Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $141 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $224

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
$169.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$389.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 23rd of 51

$251

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.