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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Iowa 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$1,000$759 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,288 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,660
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $1,000

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
$831.76
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$12,302.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
1 more rate 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
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$1,000

AK $1,950UT $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.