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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

Vermont 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?

$513

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $490 to $525.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $457 to $676
$500$1Kprofessional $513

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 46th of 51

$513

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.