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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 July 2026.

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

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $933 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 7 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$794$490 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$589 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $479 to $4,365Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $794

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
$489.78
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 8th of 51

$794

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.