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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

South Dakota 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?

$1,047

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,023$741 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$724 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $708 to $3,236Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $1,023

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,897.79
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
1 more rate 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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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 Dakota· 5th of 51

$1,047

AK $1,950UT $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.