Neck CT scan cost in Austin, TX
In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, 27 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan without contrast: from $218.55 to $7,097.00, with a median of $1,744.52. The lowest listed price is at The Hospital at Westlake Medical Center — $1,525.97 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $1,539.67 at 256 hospitals.
Cash prices at 27 facilities across 12 cities for code 70490, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 2, 2024 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hospital at Westlake Medical Center lowest Austin, TX · (512) 327-0000 CT NECK SOFT TISSUE+1 more line at this price File of Sep 2, 2024 · source file | $218.55 | $1,396.00 | $98.34–$977.20 | 84% |
| St.davids Surgical Hospital Austin, TX Computed tomography, soft tissue neck; without contrast material +2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $560.00 | $560.00 | $28.00–$2,739.00 | — |
| Ascension Seton Northwest Austin, TX · (512) 324-6000 CT SOFTNECK WO CO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $798.57 | $2,218.25 | $106.88–$1,345.00 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Hays Kyle, TX · (512) 324-5000 CT SOFTNECK WO CO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $798.57 | $2,218.25 | $106.88–$1,345.00 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin Austin, TX · (512) 324-1000 CT SOFTNECK WO CO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $798.57 | $2,218.25 | $106.88–$1,345.00 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Southwest Austin, TX · (512) 324-9000 CT SOFTNECK WO CO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $798.57 | $2,218.25 | $106.88–$1,345.00 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Smithville Smithville, TX · (512) 237-3214 CT SOFTNECK WO CO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $798.57 | $2,218.25 | $106.88–$1,345.00 | 64% |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Tx Austin, TX · (512) 324-7000 CT SOFTNECK WO CO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $798.57 | $2,218.25 | $106.88–$1,345.00 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Hays Kyle, TX · (512) 324-5000 CT SOFTNECK WO CO PEDI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $958.59 | $2,662.75 | $106.88–$1,345.00 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Smithville Smithville, TX · (512) 237-3214 CT SOFTNECK WO CO PEDI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $958.59 | $2,662.75 | $106.88–$1,345.00 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Edgar B Davis Luling, TX · (830) 875-7000 CT SOFTNECK WO CO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,443.51 | $4,009.75 | $72.22–$1,804.39 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Austin, TX CT SOFTNECK WO CO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,552.78 | $2,218.25 | $106.88–$1,345.00 | 30% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Round Rock, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC SOFT TISSUE NECK CT SCAN W/O C File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $1,744.52 | $2,907.54 | $99.77–$2,616.79 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville, TX · (512) 654-6100 HC SOFT TISSUE NECK CT SCAN W/O C File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $1,744.52 | $2,907.54 | $99.77–$2,616.79 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda, TX · (737) 999-6200 HC SOFT TISSUE NECK CT SCAN W/O C File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $1,744.52 | $2,907.54 | $99.77–$2,180.66 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC SOFT TISSUE NECK CT SCAN W/O C File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $1,744.52 | $2,907.54 | $99.77–$2,616.79 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin Austin, TX · (512) 654-2100 HC SOFT TISSUE NECK CT SCAN W/O C File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $1,744.52 | $2,907.54 | $99.77–$2,180.66 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor Taylor, TX · (512) 352-7611 HC SOFT TISSUE NECK CT SCAN W/O C File of Jun 12, 2026 · source file | $1,744.52 | $2,907.54 | $141.23–$2,326.03 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC SOFT TISSUE NECK CT SCAN W/O C File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $1,744.52 | $2,907.54 | $110.27–$1,889.90 | 40% |
| Ascension Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX · (512) 528-7000 CT-NECK SOFT TIS WO+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,841.55 | $5,115.43 | $106.88–$2,301.94 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Austin, TX CT SOFTNECK WO CO PEDI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,863.93 | $2,662.75 | $106.88–$1,345.00 | 30% |
| Texas Children's Hospital - Austin Austin, TX · (832) 824-1100 TC CT, SOFT TISSUE NECK WO/CONTRAST File of Mar 5, 2026 · source file | $2,202.96 | $3,288.00 | $104.75–$3,123.60 | 33% |
| Heart Hosp of Austin Austin, TX Computed tomography, soft tissue neck; without contrast material CAT Scan+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $2,374.00 | $2,374.00 | $109.02–$2,739.00 | — |
| St. David's Georgetown Hospital Georgetown, TX · (512) 476-7111 Computed tomography, soft tissue neck; without contrast material +2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $2,374.00 | $2,374.00 | $109.02–$2,739.00 | — |
| Heart Hosp of Austin at St. David's Round Rock Round Rock, TX Computed tomography, soft tissue neck; without contrast material CAT Scan+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $2,374.00 | $2,374.00 | $109.02–$2,739.00 | — |
| St. David's Medical Center Austin, TX · (512) 476-7111 CT NECK W/O CONTRAST File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $2,374.00 | $2,374.00 | $118.70–$2,136.60 | — |
| St. David's North Austin Medical Center Austin, TX · (512) 901-1000 CT NECK W/O CONTRAST File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $3,509.00 | $3,509.00 | $2,421.21 | — |
| Pam Specialty Hospital of Luling Luling, TX CT Soft Tissue Neck W/O Dye File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $4,490.30 | $4,490.30 | $73.05–$4,041.27 | — |
| St. David's South Austin Medical Center Bastrop, TX · (512) 448-7107 CT NECK W/O CONTRAST File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $6,768.00 | $6,768.00 | $4,561.63 | — |
| St. David's Round Rock Medical Center Pflugerville, TX · (512) 341-1000 CT NECK W/O CONTRAST File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $7,097.00 | $7,097.00 | $4,783.38 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $218.55, median $1,744.52, highest $7,097.00 — a 32.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 18 facilities here, median $1,744.52. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 19 of 27 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.