Scans and imaging CPT 70491 Outpatient

Neck CT with contrast cost in Memphis, TN

In Memphis, TN-MS-AR, 13 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan with contrast: from $462.75 to $1,121.85, with a median of $975.04. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden — $512.29 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $836.65 at 87 hospitals.

Cash prices at 13 facilities across 7 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 Feb 27, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$462.75Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden
Median$975.04half pay less
Highest$1,121.85in this market
Difference2.4×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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR.

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Lowest $462.75Highest $1,122.38

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden lowest West Memphis, AR · (870) 394-7800 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W CONTRAST $462.75 $3,085.00 $154.86–$2,468.00 85% Feb 27, 2026
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Southaven, MS · (662) 772-4000 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W CONTRAST $647.20 $3,236.00 $154.86–$2,912.40 80% Feb 27, 2026
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W CONTRAST $647.85 $3,085.00 $154.86–$2,776.50 79% Feb 27, 2026
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis, TN HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W CONTRAST $647.85 $3,085.00 $154.86–$2,776.50 79% Feb 27, 2026
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W CONTRAST $647.85 $3,085.00 $154.86–$2,776.50 79% Feb 28, 2026
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Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC CT Neck Tissue Contrast - CT Soft Tissue Neck W Contrast $975.04 $4,432.00 $50.00–$541.04 78% —
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Methodist University Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC CT Neck Tissue Contrast - CT Soft Tissue Neck W Contrast $975.04 $4,432.00 $50.00–$541.04 78% —
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Methodist Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch, MS · (662) 932-9000 HC CT Neck Tissue Contrast - CT Soft Tissue Neck W Contrast $975.04 $4,432.00 $50.00–$564.24 78% —
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Methodist North Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC CT Neck Tissue Contrast - CT Soft Tissue Neck W Contrast $975.04 $4,432.00 $50.00–$541.04 78% —
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Methodist South Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC CT Neck Tissue Contrast - CT Soft Tissue Neck W Contrast $975.04 $4,432.00 $50.00–$541.04 78% —
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Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis, TN HC CT Neck Tissue Contrast - CT Soft Tissue Neck W Contrast $1,023.44 $4,652.00 — 78% —
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington, TN · (901) 476-2621 HC CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W CONTRAST $1,067.28 $4,447.00 $141.82–$4,002.30 76% Feb 27, 2026
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Regional One Health Memphis, TN · (901) 545-7928 4646610000 - Ct Neck Soft Tissue W/ $1,121.85 $2,047.16 $136.13–$1,637.73 45% —
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Regional One Health Memphis, TN · (901) 545-7928 70491781824 - Ct Neck Soft Tissue W/ $1,122.24 $2,047.89 $136.13–$1,638.31 45% —
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Regional One Health Memphis, TN · (901) 545-7928 1820777146 - Ct Neck Soft Tissue W/ $1,122.38 $2,048.13 $136.13–$1,638.50 45% —
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Outpatient: lowest $462.75, median $975.04, highest $1,121.85 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $975.04. 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 7 of 12 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.