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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Nebraska 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?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,122 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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$1,122$851 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,820 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $11,482Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $631 to $4,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,548professional $1,122

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$346.74
Typical High
$389.05

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$1,122

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.