Scans and imaging CPT 70490 Outpatient

Neck CT scan cost in Manchester, NH

In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 4 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan without contrast: from $419.58 to $1,511.63, with a median of $822.94. The lowest listed price is at Elliot Hospital — $403.36 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $1,326.00 at 19 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 70490, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$419.58Elliot Hospital

Median$822.94half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,511.63in this market

Difference3.6×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 Manchester-Nashua, NH.

median

Lowest $419.58Highest $1,511.63

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Elliot Hospital lowest Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc Ct Neck Wo Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$419.58	$1,134.00	—	63%
Southern NH Medical Center Nashua, NH · (603) 577-2000 HC CT NECK WO CONTRAST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$510.97	$1,381.00	—	63%
St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O CONTRAST source file	$1,134.90	$2,910.00	—	61%
Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 CT SFT NECK W/O CONTRAST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,511.63	$2,519.38	—	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 $419.58, median $822.94, highest $1,511.63 — a 3.6× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $822.94. 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.