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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Rhode Island 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?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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$589$490 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$2,570 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $871 to $7,586Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $457 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $589

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 27th of 51

$589

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.