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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 July 2026.

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

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$692$490 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,096 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $708 to $12,303Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $692

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
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$832

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.