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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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 4 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$490$457 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$794 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $525 to $6,457Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $417 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $490

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
$524.81
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 42nd 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.