Scans and imaging CPT 70490 Outpatient

Neck CT scan cost in Bluefield, WV

In Bluefield, WV-VA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan without contrast: from $662.00 to $1,978.73, with a median of $860.30. The lowest listed price is at Princeton Community Hospital Assn — $198.30 less than the median here. Across West Virginia, the median is $674.25 at 34 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 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 — and —.

Lowest$662.00Princeton Community Hospital Assn

Median$860.30half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,978.73in this market

Difference3.0×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 Bluefield, WV-VA.

median

Lowest $662.00Highest $1,978.73

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Princeton Community Hospital Assn lowest Princeton, WV · (304) 487-7000 CT SCAN OF SOFT TISSUE OF NECK WITHOUT CONTRAST source file	$662.00	$1,324.00	$45.55–$622.48	50%
Princeton Community Hospital Assn Princeton, WV · (304) 487-7000 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O DYE source file	$712.00	$1,424.00	$45.55–$622.48	50%
Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital Tazewell, VA · (276) 988-8700 HB CT NECK W/O CONTRAST source file	$860.30	$2,458.00	$91.78–$2,359.68	65%
Clinch Valley Health Richlands, VA · (276) 596-6000 Computed tomography, soft tissue neck; without contrast material source file	$1,978.73	$4,946.83	$101.54–$4,946.83	60%

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.

Outpatient: lowest $662.00, median $860.30, highest $1,978.73 — a 3.0× difference within the same market.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 3 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.