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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Florida 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 Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 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$490$437 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$1,698 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $708 to $14,125Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $398 to $776
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $490

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
$645.65
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 45th 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.