Scans and imaging CPT 70490 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Neck CT scan cost in Mountain Home, AR — inpatient

In Mountain Home, AR, 1 hospital lists a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan without contrast as an inpatient: from $2,138.50 to $2,138.50, with a median of $2,138.50. Across Arkansas, the median is $648.53 at 48 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 70490, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$2,138.50Izard Regional Hospital
Median$2,138.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,138.50in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Izard Regional Hospital Calico Rock, AR · (870) 297-2400 CT NECK WO/C source file $2,138.50 $2,138.50 $107.60–$1,541.86 —
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 $2,138.50, median $2,138.50, highest $2,138.50.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,138.50 — 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 not 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.