Scans and imaging CPT 70490 Outpatient

Neck CT scan cost in College Station, TX

In College Station-Bryan, TX, 1 hospital lists a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan without contrast: from $1,466.86 to $1,466.86, with a median of $1,466.86. Across Texas, the median is $1,744.52 at 276 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 70490, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 12, 2026 and Jun 12, 2026.

Lowest$1,466.86Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - College Station

Median$1,466.86half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,466.86in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - College Station College Station, TX · (979) 691-3701 HC SOFT TISSUE NECK CT SCAN W/O C File of Jun 12, 2026 · source file	$1,466.86	$2,444.76	$99.77–$2,200.28	40%

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 $1,466.86, median $1,466.86, highest $1,466.86.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,466.86. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70490 ($1,220.60). 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
CHI St. Joseph Health - College Station Hospital College Station, TXCT NECK SOFT TISSUE WO CONT	$85.75	file
Burleson St. Joseph Health Center of Caldwell, Texas Caldwell, TXCT NECK SOFT TISSUE WO CONT	$85.75	file
CHI St Joseph Health Regional Hospital Bryan, TXCT NECK SOFT TISSUE WO CONT	$85.75	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.