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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 October 2026.

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

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $6,761 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$646$550 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$3,020 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $13,804Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $646

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,011.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 18th of 51

$692

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.