Scans and imaging CPT 70490 Outpatient

Neck CT scan cost in Thief River Falls, MN

In Thief River Falls, MN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan without contrast: from $1,784.00 to $1,784.00, with a median of $1,784.00. The lowest listed price is at Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls and 1 other hospital. Across Minnesota, the median is $1,141.02 at 82 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 70490, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 4, 2026 and Mar 4, 2026.

Lowest$1,784.00Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls + 1 more
Median$1,784.00half pay less
Highest$1,784.00in this market
Difference1.0×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 Thief River Falls, MN.

median
Lowest $1,784.00Highest $1,784.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls lowest Thief River Falls, MN · (218) 683-4351 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WO CON $1,784.00 $2,230.00 $111.66–$2,096.20 20% Mar 4, 2026
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Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center lowest Thief River Falls, MN · (218) 683-4400 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WO CON $1,784.00 $2,230.00 $111.66–$2,096.20 20% Mar 4, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,784.00, median $1,784.00, highest $1,784.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,784.00. 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 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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.