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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Arizona 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 5 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$513$457 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,514 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $550 to $7,943Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $427 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $513

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 37th of 51

$537

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.