Scans and imaging CPT 70491 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Neck CT with contrast cost in Greeley, CO — inpatient

In Greeley, CO, 2 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan with contrast as an inpatient: from $380.70 to $839.18, with a median of $609.94. The lowest listed price is at Banner North Colorado Medical Center — $229.24 less than the median here. Across Colorado, the median is $1,933.57 at 46 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 70491, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 2, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026.

Lowest$380.70Banner North Colorado Medical Center
Median$609.94half of hospitals charge less
Highest$839.18in this market
Difference2.2×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 Greeley, CO.

median
Lowest $380.70Highest $839.18

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Banner North Colorado Medical Center lowest Greeley, CO · (970) 810-4121 CT NECK ST W CNT File of Mar 2, 2026 · source file $380.70 $1,175.00 $669.75–$1,104.50 68%
PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Greeley Greeley, CO CT Neck Soft Tiss W/ File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file $839.18 $839.18 $587.43–$713.30 —
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.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Inpatient: lowest $380.70, median $609.94, highest $839.18 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $609.94 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 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 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 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.