Scans and imaging CPT 70490 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Neck CT scan cost in Atlanta, GA — inpatient

In Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, 18 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan without contrast as an inpatient: from $916.41 to $1,863.00, with a median of $973.71. The lowest listed price is at Piedmont Newnan and 8 other hospitals — $57.30 less than the median here. Across Georgia, the median is $963.50 at 75 hospitals.

Cash prices at 18 facilities across 14 cities for code 70490, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026.

Lowest$916.41Piedmont Newnan + 8 more

Median$973.71half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,863.00in this market

Difference2.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA.

median

Lowest $916.41Highest $1,863.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Piedmont Newnan lowest Newnan, GA · (770) 400-2300 HC CT Neck/Soft Tiss WO Cntrst File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$916.41	$3,054.70	$261.88–$2,840.87	70%
Piedmont Walton lowest Monroe, GA · (770) 267-8461 HC CT Neck/Soft Tiss WO Cntrst File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$916.41	$3,054.70	$261.88–$2,749.23	70%
Piedmont Henry lowest Stockbridge, GA · (678) 604-1000 HC CT Neck/Soft Tiss WO Cntrst File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$916.41	$3,054.70	$259.04–$2,596.50	70%
Piedmont Atlanta lowest Atlanta, GA · (404) 605-5000 HC CT Neck/Soft Tiss WO Cntrst File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$916.41	$3,054.70	$261.88–$2,596.50	70%
Piedmont Newton lowest Covington, GA · (770) 786-7053 HC CT Neck/Soft Tiss WO Cntrst File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$916.41	$3,054.70	$261.88–$2,596.50	70%
Piedmont Fayette lowest Fayetteville, GA · (770) 719-7000 HC CT Neck/Soft Tiss WO Cntrst File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$916.41	$3,054.70	$261.88–$2,596.50	70%
Piedmont Eastside lowest Snellville, GA · (770) 979-0200 HC CT Neck/Soft Tiss WO Cntrst File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$916.41	$3,054.70	$261.88–$2,749.23	70%
Piedmont Mountainside lowest Jasper, GA · (706) 692-2441 HC CT Neck/Soft Tiss WO Cntrst File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$916.41	$3,054.70	$261.88–$2,596.50	70%
Piedmont Rockdale lowest Conyers, GA · (770) 918-3000 HC CT Neck/Soft Tiss WO Cntrst File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$916.41	$3,054.70	$261.88–$2,291.03	70%
Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta, GA · (404) 686-2450 Hc Ct Scan,Soft Tissue Neck,W/O Contrast - Ct Soft Tissue Neck Wo Cont File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,031.00	$1,031.00	—	—
Saint Josephs Hospital of Atlanta Atlanta, GA · (678) 843-7001 Hc Ct Scan,Soft Tissue Neck,W/O Contrast - Ct Soft Tissue Neck Wo Cont File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,031.00	$1,031.00	—	—
Emory Hillandale Hospital Lithonia, GA · (404) 501-8040 Hc Ct Scan,Soft Tissue Neck,W/O Contrast - Ct Soft Tissue Neck Wo Cont File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,031.00	$1,031.00	—	—
Emory Johns Creek Hospital Johns Creek, GA · (678) 474-7000 Hc Ct Scan,Soft Tissue Neck,W/O Contrast - Ct Soft Tissue Neck Wo Cont File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,031.00	$1,031.00	—	—
DeKalb Medical at Decatur Decatur, GA Hc Ct Scan,Soft Tissue Neck,W/O Contrast - Ct Soft Tissue Neck Wo Cont File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,031.00	$1,031.00	—	—
Emory Decatur Hospital Decatur, GA · (404) 501-1000 Hc Ct Scan,Soft Tissue Neck,W/O Contrast - Ct Soft Tissue Neck Wo Cont File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,031.00	$1,031.00	—	—
Emory University Hospital Atlanta, GA · (404) 686-8500 Hc Ct Scan,Soft Tissue Neck,W/O Contrast - Ct Soft Tissue Neck Wo Cont File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,031.00	$1,031.00	—	—
Piedmont Cartersville Cartersville, GA · (470) 490-1000 HC CT Neck/Soft Tiss WO Cntrst File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file	$1,763.91	$5,879.70	$261.88–$5,291.73	70%
Shepherd Center Northwest Atlanta, GA HC CT NECK/SOFT TISS WO CNTRST File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file	$1,863.00	$3,726.00	$1,825.74–$3,167.10	50%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Inpatient: lowest $916.41, median $973.71, highest $1,863.00 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 26 facilities here, median $973.71 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 11 of 11 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

A soft tissue neck CT makes cross-section pictures of the throat, glands, lymph nodes and airway without contrast dye. It is less common than the contrast scan, and is used when dye cannot be given.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the scan and any contrast dye. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.

9 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70490 ($1,204.30). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Hospital	Cash price	File
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care At Warm Sp Warm Springs, GAHc Ct Neck Soft Tissue W/O Contrast	$107.25	file
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram, GAHc Ct Neck Soft Tissue W/O Contrast	$107.25	file
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin, GAHc Ct Neck Soft Tissue W/O Contrast	$107.25	file
Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital Marietta, GAHc Ct Neck Soft Tissue W/O Contrast	$107.25	file
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville, GAHc Ct Neck Soft Tissue W/O Contrast	$107.25	file
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell, GAHc Ct Neck Soft Tissue W/O Contrast	$107.25	file
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell, GAHc Ct Neck Soft Tissue W/O Contrast	$107.25	file
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson, GAHc Ct Neck Soft Tissue W/O Contrast	$107.25	file
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta, GAHc Ct Neck Soft Tissue W/O Contrast	$107.25	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.