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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 41019

A procedure to place thin needles or small tubes into tissues of the head or neck to prepare for internal radiation treatment. The radioactive material itself is applied in a separate service and charged separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation cost?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$525$490 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$1,202 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $851 to $7,079Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $427 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $525

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
$588.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Arkansas· 30th of 51

$589

AK $1,950TX $427

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.