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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 October 2026.

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

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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$537$457 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,072 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $479 to $5,248Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $427 to $4,467
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $537

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$16,595.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90
1 more rate 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
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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· 33rd of 51

$550

AK $1,950UT $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.