Neck CT with contrast cost in Janesville, WI
In Janesville-Beloit, WI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan with contrast: from $2,136.12 to $2,649.90, with a median of $2,393.01. The lowest listed price is at Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center — $256.89 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $1,570.00 at 100 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 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 Mar 1, 2026 and Mar 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 Janesville-Beloit, WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center lowest Janesville, WI · (608) 756-6161 HC CT NECK SFT TISSUE W CONTRAST | $2,136.12 | $2,848.16 | — | 25% | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| Edgerton Hospital and Health Services Edgerton, WI · (608) 884-3441 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WITH CONTRAST | $2,649.90 | $3,630.00 | $55.00–$955.63 | 27% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $2,136.12, median $2,393.01, highest $2,649.90 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,393.01. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is 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.
| Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center Janesville, WIHC PBB PR CT NECK TISSUE CONTRAST | $134.40 | file |