Scans and imaging CPT 70491 Outpatient

Neck CT with contrast cost in Rockford, IL

In Rockford, IL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan with contrast: from $3,321.10 to $3,321.10, with a median of $3,321.10. Across Illinois, the median is $2,188.80 at 109 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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.

Lowest$3,321.10Rockford Memorial Hospital

Median$3,321.10half of hospitals charge less

Highest$3,321.10in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Rockford Memorial Hospital Rockford, IL · (815) 968-6861 HC CT NECK SFT TISSUE W CONTRAST File of Mar 1, 2026 · source file	$3,321.10	$4,428.13	—	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 $3,321.10, median $3,321.10, highest $3,321.10.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $3,321.10. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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 ($1,547.59). 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.

Hospital	Cash price	File
Rockford Memorial Hospital Rockford, ILHC PBB PR CT NECK TISSUE CONTRAST	$141.12	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.