Scans and imaging CPT 70490 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Neck CT scan cost in Little Rock, AR — inpatient

In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, 3 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan without contrast as an inpatient: from $353.38 to $691.80, with a median of $685.33. The lowest listed price is at Conway Regional Medical Center — $331.95 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $648.53 at 48 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 70490, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Jul 2, 2026.

Lowest$353.38Conway Regional Medical Center
Median$685.33half pay less
Highest$691.80in this market
Difference2.0×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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR.

median
Lowest $353.38Highest $691.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Conway Regional Medical Center lowest Conway, AR · (501) 329-3831 CT NECK W/O CONTRAST $353.38 $1,606.25 $353.38–$1,606.25 78% Jul 2, 2026
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Conway Regional Medical Center lowest Conway, AR · (501) 329-3831 IC CT NECK W/O CONTRAST $353.38 $1,606.25 $353.38–$1,606.25 78% Jul 2, 2026
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St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center Sherwood, AR · (501) 552-7100 CT NECK SOFT TISSUE WO $685.33 $2,696.00 — 75% Feb 28, 2026
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CHI St. Vincent Infirmary Little Rock, AR · (501) 552-3000 CT NECK SOFT TISSUE WO $691.80 $2,696.00 — 74% Feb 28, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $353.38, median $685.33, highest $691.80 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $494.14 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.