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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 July 2026.

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

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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 5 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$550$479 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$1,096 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $661 to $7,079Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $437 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $550

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
$512.86
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$794.33
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 16th 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.