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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

New Mexico 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $661 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$525$468 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$550 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,467Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $437 to $776
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $661professional $525

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
$630.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$691.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 39th of 51

$525

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.