Neck CT scan cost in New Orleans, LA
In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 12 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan without contrast: from $173.44 to $2,421.00, with a median of $617.27. The lowest listed price is at St Bernard Parish Hospital — $443.83 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $675.00 at 51 hospitals.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 6 cities for code 70490, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 25, 2026 and Jul 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in New Orleans-Metairie, LA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Bernard Parish Hospital lowest Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O CONTR | $173.44 | $542.00 | $81.46–$408.42 | 68% | — source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O CONTR | $285.04 | $1,018.00 | $81.46–$1,195.00 | 72% | — source file |
| Touro Infirmary New Orleans, LA · (504) 897-8247 CT Scan of Neck | $294.42 | $2,103.00 | $109.70–$956.00 | 86% | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| University Med Center New Orleans, LA · (504) 702-3000 CT Scan of Neck | $311.52 | $1,416.00 | $124.01–$94.96 | 78% | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O CONTR | $314.60 | $1,430.00 | $38.28–$1,799.00 | 78% | — source file |
| West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero, LA · (504) 347-5511 CT Scan of Neck | $614.56 | $3,841.00 | $100.01–$94.96 | 84% | Jun 30, 2026 source file |
| St Charles Surgical Hospital New Orleans, LA · (504) 529-6600 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O | $619.98 | $1,758.00 | $95.70–$840.00 | 65% | — source file |
| Omega Hospital Metairie, LA · (504) 616-3897 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL | $638.58 | $1,094.70 | $1,094.70–$1,824.50 | 42% | — source file |
| East Jefferson General Hospital Metairie, LA · (504) 988-5263 CT Scan of Neck | $772.38 | $5,517.00 | $1,103.40–$95.39 | 86% | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Lakeside Hospital Metairie, LA · (504) 988-5263 CT Scan of Neck | $772.38 | $5,517.00 | $1,103.40–$95.39 | 86% | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Tulane Medical Center New Orleans, LA · (504) 988-5263 CT Scan of Neck | $772.38 | $5,517.00 | $1,103.40–$95.39 | 86% | Jun 25, 2026 source file |
| St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 CT NECK SOFT TISSUE W/O | $2,421.00 | $4,035.00 | $726.30–$4,035.00 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $173.44, median $617.27, highest $2,421.00 — a 14.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $461.23. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 7 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 4 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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70490 ($1,225.64). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans, LACT Scan of Neck | $74.08 | file |
| Childrens Hospital New Orleans, LACT Scan of Neck | $120.42 | file |