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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Missouri 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?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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$457 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$1,096 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $537 to $5,248Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,288
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $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
$812.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 22nd of 51

$631

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.