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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Minnesota 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?

$1,175

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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$1,096$741 to $1,585
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,380 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $589 to $17,378Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,778
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,455professional $1,096

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
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,137.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,801.89
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$1,175

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.