Neck CT with contrast cost in Buffalo, NY
In Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, 5 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan with contrast: from $444.13 to $1,912.32, with a median of $821.10. The lowest listed price is at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center — $376.97 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $986.84 at 111 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 3 cities for code 70491, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center lowest Niagara Falls, NY · (716) 278-4000 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/DYE source file | $444.13 | $634.47 | $138.39–$252.33 | 30% |
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls, NY · (716) 278-4000 CT SCAN OF SOFT TISSUE OF NECK WITH CONTRAST source file | $454.68 | $649.54 | $138.39–$252.33 | 30% |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo, NY · (716) 898-3936 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/DYE File of Aug 25, 2026 · source file | $522.30 | — | $94.48–$1,012.76 | — |
| Bertrand Chaffee Hospital Springville, NY · (716) 592-2871 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/DYE+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $821.10 | $966.00 | $103.02–$1,056.00 | 15% |
| Kaleida Health Buffalo, NY · (716) 859-8620 Ct Neck W/ C File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,819.00 | $1,819.00 | — | — |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY Ct Soft Tissue Neck, W/ Cont File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,912.32 | $1,912.32 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $444.13, median $821.10, highest $1,912.32 — a 4.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,819.00. 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 3 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 neck CT with contrast makes cross-section pictures of the throat, glands, lymph nodes and airway after dye is injected into a vein. It is used for a neck lump, a deep throat infection or abscess, and to stage head and neck cancer.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the scan and any contrast dye. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70491 ($1,570.00). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston, NYCT Neck Tissue with Contrast | $102.00 | file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NYCT Neck Tissue with Contrast | $102.00 | file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NYCT Neck Tissue with Contrast | $102.00 | file |