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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 July 2026.

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

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 6 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$525$468 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$2,042 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $617 to $6,918Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $437 to $676
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $525

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
$616.60
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,122.02
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 40th of 51

$525

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.