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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

North Carolina 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $724 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 7 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$646$479 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$513 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $479 to $5,495Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $724professional $646

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
$478.63
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,202.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 19th of 51

$646

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.