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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 July 2026.

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

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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 4 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$525$457 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$871 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $631 to $6,166Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $437 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $525

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
$588.84
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$891.25

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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· 41st of 51

$525

CA $1,349WV $479

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.