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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

South Carolina 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 October 2026.

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

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$513$457 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$871 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $676 to $10,965Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $398 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,512professional $513

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$525

AK $1,950TX $427

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.