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Needle or Catheter Placement for Head and Neck Radiation

West Virginia 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $479 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$479$457 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$479 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,413Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $417 to $676
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $479professional $479

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
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 51st of 51

$479

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.