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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 October 2026.

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

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 from a physician practice, and about $1,549 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$912$692 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$891 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $468 to $8,318Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,549professional $912

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
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$22,387.21
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,995.26
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,737.80
2 more rates 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
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$933

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.