Scans and imaging CPT 70491 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Neck CT with contrast cost in Pensacola, FL — inpatient

In Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL, 4 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan with contrast as an inpatient: from $230.85 to $3,508.60, with a median of $675.00. The lowest listed price is at Jay Hospital — $444.15 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $3,259.10 at 171 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 70491, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 23, 2025 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$230.85Jay Hospital
Median$675.00half pay less
Highest$3,508.60in this market
Difference15.2×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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL.

median
Lowest $230.85Highest $3,508.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Jay Hospital lowest Jay, FL · (850) 675-4532 NECK CT W/CONTRAST $230.85 $1,539.00 $338.58–$1,539.00 85% Dec 23, 2025
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Gulf Breeze Hospital Gulf Breeze, FL · (850) 934-2000 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WITH CONTRAST $675.00 $4,500.00 $675.00–$4,500.00 85% Dec 23, 2025
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Baptist Health Care Pensacola, FL · (850) 434-4011 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK WITH CONTRAST $675.00 $4,500.00 $675.00–$4,500.00 85% Dec 23, 2025
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HMA Santa Rosa Medical Center Milton, FL · (850) 626-7762 CT Soft Tissue Neck W $3,508.60 $10,024.56 $1,944.76–$8,019.65 65% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $230.85, median $675.00, highest $3,508.60 — a 15.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $985.70 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 4 of 4 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.