Neck CT with contrast cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 6 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan with contrast: from $2,944.50 to $24,190.08, with a median of $3,496.00. The lowest listed price is at El Camino Hospital — $551.50 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $2,577.46 at 210 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 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 Mar 31, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Camino Hospital lowest Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC CT NECK W/CONTRAST | $2,944.50 | $11,778.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/CONTRAST MATERIAL | $3,264.80 | $5,830.00 | $262.00–$820.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/CONTRAST MATERIAL | $3,264.80 | $5,830.00 | $262.00–$820.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 CT Soft Tiss Neck W Contrast | $3,727.20 | $9,318.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC CT Neck W Contrast | $6,341.00 | $12,682.00 | $6,162.18 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Los Gatos, CA · (408) 559-2011 Computed tomography, soft tissue neck; with contrast material(s) | $24,190.08 | $24,190.08 | $2,415.95 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Los Gatos, CA · (408) 559-2011 CT NECK W/CONTRAST | $24,190.08 | $24,190.08 | $3,628.51–$24,190.08 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $2,944.50, median $3,496.00, highest $24,190.08 — a 8.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $3,264.80. 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 0 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 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.