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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 July 2026.

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

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 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 8 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 $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$1,000 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,623Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,318
$100$200$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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,288.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$15,135.61
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$15,135.61
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 25th of 51

$589

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.