Scans and imaging CPT 70490 Outpatient

Neck CT scan cost in Riverside, CA

In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 24 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan without contrast: from $133.00 to $14,900.00, with a median of $1,872.00. The lowest listed price is at Desert Valley Hospital and 2 other hospitals — $1,739.00 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $2,043.75 at 210 hospitals.

Cash prices at 24 facilities across 19 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 Feb 28, 2026 and Sep 17, 2026.

Lowest$133.00Desert Valley Hospital + 2 more
Median$1,872.00half pay less
Highest$14,900.00in this market
Difference112.0×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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.

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Lowest $133.00Highest $14,900.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Desert Valley Hospital lowest Victorville, CA · (760) 241-8000 CT NECK W/O CONTRAST - 70490 - 46870490 $133.00 $2,733.00 $132.46–$2,733.00 95% Sep 1, 2026
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Montclair Hospital Medical Center lowest Montclair, CA · (909) 625-8300 Hc Ct Scan,Soft Tissue Neck,W/O Contrast $133.00 $5,350.00 $127.11–$5,350.00 98% Sep 1, 2026
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Chino Valley Medical Center lowest Chino, CA · (909) 627-6111 Hc Ct Scan,Soft Tissue Neck,W/O Contrast $133.00 $5,350.00 $127.11–$5,350.00 98% Sep 1, 2026
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Desert Valley Hospital lowest Victorville, CA · (760) 241-8000 CT NECK W/O CONTRAST - 70490 - 4570170490 $133.00 $2,733.00 $132.46–$2,733.00 95% Sep 1, 2026
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San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning, CA · (951) 769-2101 CT SCAN OF SOFT TISSUE OF NECK WITHOUT CONTRAST $684.87 $3,424.36 $127.11–$931.00 80% —
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San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning, CA · (951) 769-2101 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O DYE $708.84 $3,544.22 $127.11–$931.00 80% —
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Bear Valley Community Hospital Big Bear Lake, CA · (909) 866-6501 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O $1,066.83 $1,524.04 $99.51–$1,295.43 30% —
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Mountains Community Hospital Lake Arrowhead, CA · (909) 336-3651 CT NECK WO CONTRAST $1,072.00 $2,680.00 $1,206.00–$2,278.00 60% —
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Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC CT SOFT TIS NCK WO CONTR $1,130.40 $2,512.00 $134.46–$1,884.00 55% Sep 2, 2026
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San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland, CA · (909) 985-2811 CT scan of soft tissue of neck without contrast $1,243.00 $8,768.00 $131.77–$16,111.20 86% Apr 2, 2026
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St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CA · (909) 883-8711 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WO $1,675.99 $5,033.00 $103.66–$4,278.05 67% Feb 28, 2026
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St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WO CONTRAST $1,771.20 $3,690.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WO $1,851.00 $4,734.00 $129.58–$4,734.00 61% Feb 28, 2026
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $1,872.00 $3,600.00 $129.00–$385.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $1,872.00 $3,600.00 $129.00–$385.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $1,872.00 $3,600.00 $129.00–$385.00 48% —
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Palo Verde Hospital Blythe, CA · (760) 922-4115 CT Neck Soft Tissue w/o Contrast $1,915.50 $2,554.00 — 25% Jul 1, 2026
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Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center Redlands, CA HC CT SOFT TIS NCK WO CONTR $1,949.85 $4,333.00 $134.46–$3,466.40 55% Aug 31, 2026
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Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC CT SOFT TIS NCK WO CONTR $1,949.85 $4,333.00 $134.46–$3,899.70 55% Sep 2, 2026
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Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC CT SOFT TIS NCK WO CONTR $2,466.00 $5,480.00 $134.46–$4,658.00 55% Sep 2, 2026
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Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville, CA · (760) 245-8691 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/O CONT $2,498.00 $2,498.00 $79.50–$2,498.00 — May 13, 2026
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Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 CT NECK W/O CONTRAST $2,787.00 $2,787.00 $125.05–$2,787.00 — May 20, 2026
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Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 CT NECK W/O CONTRAST $2,787.00 $2,787.00 $125.05–$2,787.00 — Jun 15, 2026
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Barstow Community Hospital Barstow, CA · (760) 256-1761 CT scan of soft tissue of neck without contrast $4,255.68 $7,092.80 $229.56–$5,674.24 40% Sep 17, 2026
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Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC CT Soft Tis Nck WO Contr $7,202.51 $7,202.51 $97.93–$7,202.51 — —
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Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC CT Soft Tis Nck WO Contr $7,202.51 $7,202.51 $97.93–$7,202.51 — —
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Riverside Community Hospital Riverside, CA · (951) 788-3000 Computed tomography, soft tissue neck; without contrast material $14,900.00 $14,900.00 $245.18–$1,239.90 — Sep 1, 2026
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Riverside Community Hospital Riverside, CA · (951) 788-3000 CT NECK W/O CONTRAST $14,900.00 $14,900.00 $2,235.00–$13,410.00 — Sep 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $133.00, median $1,872.00, highest $14,900.00 — a 112.0× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $1,893.75. 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 14 of 22 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is 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.

Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CAHC CT Neck W/O Contrast $66.56 file