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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Connecticut 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?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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$550$479 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$4,266 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $13,183Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $550

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
$3,388.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$16,595.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,258.93
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 24th of 51

$589

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.