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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Montana 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?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $708 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$759$501 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$692 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $646 to $3,162Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $79 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $708professional $759

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$776.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$794.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,803.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
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
$346.74
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 13th of 51

$759

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.