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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Louisiana 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?

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$661$501 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,549 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $933 to $9,120Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $457 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $661

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
$501.19
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$692

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.