Scans and imaging CPT 70490 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Neck CT scan cost in Memphis, TN — inpatient

In Memphis, TN-MS-AR, 12 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan without contrast as an inpatient: from $446.10 to $758.88, with a median of $704.44. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden — $258.34 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $727.71 at 81 hospitals.

Cash prices at 12 facilities across 7 cities for code 70490, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 27, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$446.10Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden
Median$704.44half of hospitals charge less
Highest$758.88in this market
Difference1.7×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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR.

median
Lowest $446.10Highest $758.88

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden lowest West Memphis, AR · (870) 394-7800 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WO CONTRAST File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $446.10 $2,974.00 $1,130.12–$2,379.20 85%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Southaven, MS · (662) 772-4000 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WO CONTRAST File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $594.80 $2,974.00 $1,130.12–$2,676.60 80%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WO CONTRAST File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $624.54 $2,974.00 $1,130.12–$2,676.60 79%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis, TN HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WO CONTRAST File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $624.54 $2,974.00 $1,130.12–$2,676.60 79%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WO CONTRAST File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $624.54 $2,974.00 $1,130.12–$2,676.60 79%
Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC CT Scan,Soft Tissue Neck,W/O Contrast - CT Soft Tissue Neck WO Cont source file $704.44 $3,202.00 $50.00–$406.35 78%
Methodist North Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC CT Scan,Soft Tissue Neck,W/O Contrast - CT Soft Tissue Neck WO Cont source file $704.44 $3,202.00 $50.00–$406.35 78%
Methodist South Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC CT Scan,Soft Tissue Neck,W/O Contrast - CT Soft Tissue Neck WO Cont source file $704.44 $3,202.00 $50.00–$406.35 78%
Methodist University Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC CT Scan,Soft Tissue Neck,W/O Contrast - CT Soft Tissue Neck WO Cont source file $704.44 $3,202.00 $50.00–$406.35 78%
Methodist Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch, MS · (662) 932-9000 HC CT Scan,Soft Tissue Neck,W/O Contrast - CT Soft Tissue Neck WO Cont source file $704.44 $3,202.00 $50.00–$285.41 78%
Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis, TN HC CT Scan,Soft Tissue Neck,W/O Contrast - CT Soft Tissue Neck WO Cont source file $739.64 $3,362.00 — 78%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington, TN · (901) 476-2621 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WO CONTRAST File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $758.88 $3,162.00 $1,201.56–$2,845.80 76%
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.

Inpatient: lowest $446.10, median $704.44, highest $758.88 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $704.44 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 6 of 11 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 6 it is 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.