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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Colorado 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?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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 7 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$479 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$1,122 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $562 to $17,378Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $447 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $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
$1,202.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 21st of 51

$631

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.