Scans and imaging CPT 70490 Outpatient

Neck CT scan cost in Elizabethtown, NC

In Elizabethtown, NC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan without contrast: from $1,428.60 to $1,428.60, with a median of $1,428.60. Across North Carolina, the median is $1,363.35 at 61 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Mar 21, 2026 and Mar 21, 2026.

Lowest$1,428.60Cape Fear Valley - Bladen County Hospital

Median$1,428.60half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,428.60in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Cape Fear Valley - Bladen County Hospital Elizabethtown, NC · (910) 862-5100 CT SCAN OF SOFT TISSUE OF NECK WITHOUT CONTRAST File of Mar 21, 2026 · source file	$1,428.60	$2,381.00	—	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 $1,428.60, median $1,428.60, highest $1,428.60.

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.