Scans and imaging CPT 70491 Outpatient

Neck CT with contrast cost in Omaha, NE

In Omaha, NE-IA, 13 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan with contrast: from $350.00 to $2,147.25, with a median of $1,128.54. The lowest listed price is at Midwest Surgical Hospital — $778.54 less than the median here. Across Nebraska, the median is $2,361.60 at 51 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 15, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026.

Lowest$350.00Midwest Surgical Hospital
Median$1,128.54half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,147.25in this market
Difference6.1×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 Omaha, NE-IA.

median
Lowest $350.00Highest $2,147.25

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Midwest Surgical Hospital lowest Omaha, NE · (402) 399-1900 CT SCAN OF SOFT TISSUE OF NECK WITH CONTRAST+1 more line at this price source file $350.00 $1,002.00 $181.25–$1,097.00 65%
Bellevue Medical Center Bellevue, NE · (402) 763-3600 CT scan of soft tissue of neck with contrast File of Aug 10, 2026 · source file $731.25 $1,125.00 $281.25–$2,905.31 35%
Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE · (402) 559-4000 CT scan of soft tissue of neck with contrast File of Aug 10, 2026 · source file $731.25 $1,125.00 $281.25–$2,905.31 35%
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 396-6000 CT Exam File of Feb 15, 2026 · source file $884.10 $2,947.00 $339.62–$2,062.90 70%
Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center Omaha, NE · (402) 572-2121 HC CT NECK W CONTRAST File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $1,128.54 $2,687.00 $146.61–$2,283.95 58%
CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 328-5000 HC CT NECK W CONTRAST File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $1,128.54 $2,687.00 $169.01–$2,283.95 58%
CHI Health Bergan Mercy Omaha, NE · (402) 398-6020 HC CT NECK W CONTRAST File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $1,128.54 $2,687.00 $150.18–$2,283.95 58%
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha, NE HC CT NECK W CONTRAST File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $1,128.54 $2,687.00 $150.18–$2,283.95 58%
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha, NE · (402) 717-8000 HC CT NECK W CONTRAST File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $1,128.54 $2,687.00 $144.98–$2,283.95 58%
CHI Health Midlands Papillion, NE · (402) 593-3000 HC CT NECK W CONTRAST File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $1,128.54 $2,687.00 $144.98–$2,283.95 58%
Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital of Missouri Valley, Iowa Missouri Valley, IA · (712) 642-2784 HC CT NECK W CONTRAST File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $1,630.23 $3,327.00 $1,164.45–$3,260.46 51%
Memorial Community Hospital Blair, NE · (402) 426-1502 CT scan of soft tissue of neck with contrast File of Jul 15, 2026 · source file $1,823.31 $2,279.14 $1,071.19–$2,233.55 20%
Saunders Medical Center Wahoo, NE · (402) 443-4191 CT Neck Soft Tissue w/ Contrast source file $2,147.25 $2,863.00 — 25%
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.

Outpatient: lowest $350.00, median $1,128.54, highest $2,147.25 — a 6.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $1,128.54. 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 12 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.