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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Michigan 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?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$617$537 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,349 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $813 to $5,623Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $372 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $617

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
$630.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$645.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 25th of 51

$617

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.