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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Indiana 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?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $5,129 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$550$490 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,129$1,778 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $977 to $19,055Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $407 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,129professional $550

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
$489.78
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$23,442.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$489.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$6,025.60
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
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
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74

Where Indiana sits

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

Indiana· 28th of 51

$603

AK $1,950TX $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.