Scans and imaging CPT 70490 Outpatient

Neck CT scan cost in Lubbock, TX

In Lubbock, TX, 6 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan without contrast: from $417.48 to $3,232.00, with a median of $908.46. The lowest listed price is at Covenant Medical Center and 1 other hospital — $490.98 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $1,744.52 at 276 hospitals.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 2 cities 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$417.48Covenant Medical Center + 1 more
Median$908.46half of hospitals charge less
Highest$3,232.00in this market
Difference7.7×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 Lubbock, TX.

median
Lowest $417.48Highest $3,232.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Covenant Medical Center lowest Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WO CONTRAST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $417.48 $994.00 — 58%
Covenant Children's Hospital lowest Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WO CONTRAST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $417.48 $994.00 — 58%
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WO CONTRAST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $747.60 $1,780.00 — 58%
Grace Surgical Hospital Lubbock, TX HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WO CONTRAST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $1,069.32 $2,546.00 — 58%
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WO CONTRAST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $2,421.30 $5,765.00 — 58%
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock, TX HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WO CONTRAST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $2,421.30 $5,765.00 — 58%
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WO CONTRAST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $2,421.30 $5,765.00 — 58%
University Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 Hc Ct Scan,Soft Tissue Neck,W/O Contrast - Ct Soft Tissue Neck Wo Cont File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $3,232.00 $3,232.00 — —
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

Outpatient: lowest $417.48, median $908.46, highest $3,232.00 — a 7.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $2,421.30. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.