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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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 9 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$501$457 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,585 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $661 to $8,318Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $437 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $501

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
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,370.32
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,412.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,000.00
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 44th 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.