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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Massachusetts 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?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$776$562 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$603 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,623Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $457 to $4,677
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $776

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
$1,318.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,918.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,148.15
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$776.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,918.31
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,905.46
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
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
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 11th of 51

$794

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.