Scans and imaging CPT 70490 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Neck CT scan cost in Detroit, MI — inpatient

In Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, 22 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan without contrast as an inpatient: from $421.68 to $3,894.00, with a median of $1,365.53. The lowest listed price is at Ascension River District Hospital — $943.85 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $983.53 at 90 hospitals.

Cash prices at 22 facilities across 16 cities for code 70490, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Sep 2, 2026.

Lowest$421.68Ascension River District Hospital
Median$1,365.53half of hospitals charge less
Highest$3,894.00in this market
Difference9.2×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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI.

median
Lowest $421.68Highest $3,894.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Ascension River District Hospital lowest East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O CONTRA source file $421.68 $753.00 $59.17–$447.27 44%
Henry Ford Health St John Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O CONTRA source file $558.32 $997.00 $59.17–$447.27 44%
Henry Ford Health Warren Hospital Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O CONTRA source file $650.16 $1,161.00 $59.17–$447.27 44%
Henry Ford Providence Novi Hospital - Novi Campus Novi, MI · (248) 849-3000 SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O CONTR-CT source file $756.56 $1,351.00 $59.17–$295.80 44%
Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital Southfield, MI · (248) 849-3000 SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O CONTR-CT source file $756.56 $1,351.00 $59.17–$295.80 44%
McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MI · (810) 987-5000 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O DYE File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file $790.20 $1,580.40 $58.17–$802.84 50%
McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MI · (586) 493-8000 CT Neck Soft Tissue w/o Contrast File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file $790.65 $1,581.30 $58.17–$886.79 50%
McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MI · (810) 987-5000 CT Neck Soft Tissue w/o Contrast File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file $817.85 $1,635.70 $58.17–$830.94 50%
Surgeons Choice Medical Center Southfield, MI CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WITHOUT source file $863.00 $863.00 $91.88–$102.09 —
McLaren Oakland Pontiac, MI · (248) 338-5000 CT Neck Soft Tissue w/o Contrast File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file $971.45 $1,942.90 $58.17–$1,500.50 50%
McLaren Lapeer Region Lapeer, MI · (810) 667-5500 CT Neck Soft Tissue w/o Contrast File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file $1,018.35 $2,036.70 $58.17–$380.58 50%
Karmanos Cancer Center Detroit, MI · (800) 576-6266 CT-NECK (W/O CONTRAST)+1 more line at this price File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file $1,229.55 $2,459.10 $58.17–$1,844.32 50%
St Joseph Mercy Oakland Pontiac, MI · (248) 858-3000 HC CT Neck Soft Tissue W/O Contrast File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file $1,501.50 $2,310.00 $57.25–$2,310.00 35%
St Mary Mercy Livonia Livonia, MI · (734) 655-4800 HC CT Neck Soft Tissue W/O Contrast File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file $1,501.50 $2,310.00 $57.25–$2,310.00 35%
St Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital Brighton, MI · (517) 545-6000 HC CT Neck Soft Tissue W/O Contrast File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file $1,501.50 $2,310.00 $58.40–$2,310.00 35%
VHS Childrens Hospital of Michigan Detroit, MI · (313) 745-5437 CT SOFT TISS NECK WO CM File of Apr 6, 2026 · source file $2,116.50 $2,822.00 — 25%
Beaumont Hospital - Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe, MI · (313) 473-1000 Hc Ct Soft Tissue Neck Wo Contrast source file $2,342.00 $2,342.00 — —
Beaumont Hospital - Taylor Taylor, MI · (313) 295-5000 Hc Ct Soft Tissue Neck Wo Contrast source file $2,342.00 $2,342.00 — —
Corewell Health Wayne Hospital Wayne, MI · (734) 467-4175 Hc Ct Soft Tissue Neck Wo Contrast source file $2,342.00 $2,342.00 — —
Beaumont Hospital, Troy Troy, MI · (248) 964-8800 Hc Ct Soft Tissue Neck Wo Contrast source file $2,342.00 $2,342.00 — —
Corewell Health Trenton Hospital Trenton, MI · (734) 671-3800 Hc Ct Soft Tissue Neck Wo Contrast source file $2,342.00 $2,342.00 — —
Harper University Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 745-6211 CT SOFT TISS NECK WO CM+1 more line at this price File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $2,812.50 $3,750.00 $1.00–$202.35 25%
VHS Detroit Receiving Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 745-2941 CT SOFT TISS NECK WO CM File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file $3,894.00 $5,192.00 — 25%
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 $421.68, median $1,365.53, highest $3,894.00 — a 9.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 29 facilities here, median $1,018.35 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 8 of 15 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.