Neck CT with contrast cost in El Paso, TX
In El Paso, TX, 8 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan with contrast: from $385.40 to $11,659.00, with a median of $7,333.63. The lowest listed price is at El Paso Children's Hospital — $6,948.23 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $2,047.72 at 295 hospitals.
Cash prices at 8 facilities across 2 cities for code 70491, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 6, 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 El Paso, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 NECK SOFT TISSUE W/CONT ROUT | $385.40 | $1,927.00 | $162.77–$1,541.60 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CT NECK W/CONTRAST | $513.64 | $2,568.19 | $126.03–$1,412.50 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 CT NECK W/CONTRAST | $513.64 | $2,568.19 | $126.03–$1,412.50 | 80% | — source file |
| PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of El Paso El Paso, TX CT Neck Soft Tiss W/ | $3,008.25 | $3,008.25 | $70.00–$2,557.01 | — | Aug 6, 2026 source file |
| Las Palmas Rehab El Paso, TX CT NECK W/CONTRAST | $11,659.00 | $11,659.00 | $9,910.15 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Del Sol Medical Center El Paso, TX · (915) 521-1200 CT NECK W/CONTRAST | $11,659.00 | $11,659.00 | $9,910.15 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Las Palmas Medical Center El Paso, TX · (915) 521-1200 CT NECK W/CONTRAST | $11,659.00 | $11,659.00 | $699.54–$11,076.05 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Del Sol Rehab East El Paso, TX CT NECK W/CONTRAST | $11,659.00 | $11,659.00 | $9,910.15 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $385.40, median $7,333.63, highest $11,659.00 — a 30.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $513.64. 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 3 of 8 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.
9 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.
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXWS NECK SOFT TISSUE W/CONT ROU | $113.31 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXWS NECK SOFT TISSUE W/CONT ROU | $113.31 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXNE NECK SOFT TISSUE W/CONT ROU | $130.31 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXNE NECK SOFT TISSUE W/CONT ROU | $130.31 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXREN NECK SOFT TISSUE W/CONT RO | $132.82 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXES NECK SOFT TISSUE W/CONT ROU | $132.82 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXREN NECK SOFT TISSUE W/CONT RO | $132.82 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXES NECK SOFT TISSUE W/CONT ROU | $132.82 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH NECK SOFT TISSUE W/CONT ROU | $139.43 | file |