Scans and imaging CPT 70490 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Neck CT scan cost in Austin, TX — inpatient

In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, 20 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan without contrast as an inpatient: from $798.57 to $4,490.30, with a median of $1,744.52. The lowest listed price is at Ascension Seton Northwest and 5 other hospitals — $945.95 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $1,744.52 at 276 hospitals.

Cash prices at 20 facilities across 10 cities for code 70490, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 5, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026.

Lowest$798.57Ascension Seton Northwest + 5 more
Median$1,744.52half pay less
Highest$4,490.30in this market
Difference5.6×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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.

median
Lowest $798.57Highest $4,490.30

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ascension Seton Northwest lowest Austin, TX · (512) 324-6000 CT SOFTNECK WO CO $798.57 $2,218.25 $106.88–$1,345.00 64% —
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Ascension Seton Southwest lowest Austin, TX · (512) 324-9000 CT SOFTNECK WO CO $798.57 $2,218.25 $106.88–$1,345.00 64% —
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Ascension Seton Smithville lowest Smithville, TX · (512) 237-3214 CT SOFTNECK WO CO $798.57 $2,218.25 $106.88–$1,345.00 64% —
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Ascension Seton Hays lowest Kyle, TX · (512) 324-5000 CT SOFTNECK WO CO $798.57 $2,218.25 $106.88–$1,345.00 64% —
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Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Tx lowest Austin, TX · (512) 324-7000 CT SOFTNECK WO CO $798.57 $2,218.25 $106.88–$1,345.00 64% —
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Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin lowest Austin, TX · (512) 324-1000 CT SOFTNECK WO CO $798.57 $2,218.25 $106.88–$1,345.00 64% —
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Ascension Seton Hays Kyle, TX · (512) 324-5000 CT SOFTNECK WO CO PEDI $958.59 $2,662.75 $106.88–$1,345.00 64% —
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Ascension Seton Smithville Smithville, TX · (512) 237-3214 CT SOFTNECK WO CO PEDI $958.59 $2,662.75 $106.88–$1,345.00 64% —
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Ascension Seton Edgar B Davis Luling, TX · (830) 875-7000 CT SOFTNECK WO CO $1,443.51 $4,009.75 $72.22–$1,804.39 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX CT SOFTNECK WO CO $1,552.78 $2,218.25 $106.88–$1,345.00 30% —
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC SOFT TISSUE NECK CT SCAN W/O C $1,744.52 $2,907.54 $1,599.15–$2,616.79 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC SOFT TISSUE NECK CT SCAN W/O C $1,744.52 $2,907.54 $1,599.15–$1,889.90 40% Jun 3, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Round Rock, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC SOFT TISSUE NECK CT SCAN W/O C $1,744.52 $2,907.54 $1,599.15–$2,616.79 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda, TX · (737) 999-6200 HC SOFT TISSUE NECK CT SCAN W/O C $1,744.52 $2,907.54 $1,599.15–$2,035.28 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin Austin, TX · (512) 654-2100 HC SOFT TISSUE NECK CT SCAN W/O C $1,744.52 $2,907.54 $1,599.15–$2,035.28 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor Taylor, TX · (512) 352-7611 HC SOFT TISSUE NECK CT SCAN W/O C $1,744.52 $2,907.54 $1,599.15–$2,326.03 40% Jun 12, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville, TX · (512) 654-6100 HC SOFT TISSUE NECK CT SCAN W/O C $1,744.52 $2,907.54 $1,599.15–$2,616.79 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Ascension Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX · (512) 528-7000 CT-NECK SOFT TIS WO $1,841.55 $5,115.43 $106.88–$2,301.94 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX CT SOFTNECK WO CO PEDI $1,863.93 $2,662.75 $106.88–$1,345.00 30% —
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Texas Children's Hospital - Austin Austin, TX · (832) 824-1100 TC CT, SOFT TISSUE NECK WO/CONTRAST $2,202.96 $3,288.00 $1,315.20–$3,123.60 33% Mar 5, 2026
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Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospital of Kyle Kyle, TX CT Soft Tissue Neck W/O Dye $3,565.80 $3,565.80 $2,496.06–$3,209.22 — Aug 6, 2026
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PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Round Rock Round Rock, TX CT Soft Tissue Neck W/O Dye $3,565.80 $3,565.80 $2,496.06–$3,209.22 — Aug 6, 2026
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Pam Specialty Hospital of Luling Luling, TX CT Soft Tissue Neck W/O Dye $4,490.30 $4,490.30 $300.00–$4,041.27 — Aug 6, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $798.57, median $1,744.52, highest $4,490.30 — a 5.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 30 facilities here, median $1,744.52 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 16 of 20 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.