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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 July 2026.

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

$724

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $832 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 5 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$631$457 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$741 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,096Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,230
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $832professional $631

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,445.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 12th of 51

$724

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.