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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 July 2026.

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

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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 6 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$562$501 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$2,188 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $776 to $13,490Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $562

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$20,417.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 10th of 51

$741

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.