Scans and imaging CPT 70491 Outpatient

Neck CT with contrast cost in Lafayette, LA

In Lafayette, LA, 7 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan with contrast: from $349.86 to $749.70, with a median of $499.80. The lowest listed price is at Lafayette General Medical Center — $149.94 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $687.23 at 56 hospitals.

Cash prices at 7 facilities across 6 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 Jun 9, 2026 and Jun 9, 2026.

Lowest$349.86Lafayette General Medical Center
Median$499.80half pay less
Highest$749.70in this market
Difference2.1×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 Lafayette, LA.

median
Lowest $349.86Highest $749.70

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Lafayette General Medical Center lowest Lafayette, LA · (337) 289-7991 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/CONTRAS $349.86 $1,666.00 $161.98–$1,150.00 79% —
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Acadia General Hospital Crowley, LA · (337) 783-3222 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/CONTRAS $383.18 $1,666.00 $161.81–$1,058.00 77% —
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Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette, LA · (337) 261-6000 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/CONTRAS $433.16 $1,666.00 $161.81–$885.00 74% —
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Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LA · (337) 332-2178 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/CONTRAS $499.80 $1,666.00 $366.03–$1,516.06 70% —
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Acadia St Landry Church Point, LA · (337) 684-5435 CT NECK WITH CONTRAST $675.00 $900.00 $275.00–$650.00 25% —
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Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/DYE $734.10 $2,447.00 $224.74–$2,447.00 70% Jun 9, 2026
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Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 CT NECK WITH CONTRAST $734.10 $2,447.00 $224.74–$2,447.00 70% Jun 9, 2026
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Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan, LA · (337) 643-8300 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/CONTRAS $749.70 $1,666.00 $501.45–$1,295.32 55% —
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Outpatient: lowest $349.86, median $499.80, highest $749.70 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $499.80. 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 6 of 7 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.