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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Georgia 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?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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$589$490 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$2,042 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $851 to $9,550Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $589

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
$851.14
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,584.89
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 14th of 51

$676

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.