Scans and imaging CPT 70491 Outpatient

Neck CT with contrast cost in Tyler, TX

In Tyler, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan with contrast: from $368.10 to $768.80, with a median of $768.80. The lowest listed price is at University of Texas Health Center at Tyler — $400.70 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $2,047.72 at 295 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities 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 — and —.

Lowest$368.10University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
Median$768.80half pay less
Highest$768.80in this market
Difference2.1×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 Tyler, TX.

median
Lowest $368.10Highest $768.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
University of Texas Health Center at Tyler lowest Tyler, TX · (903) 877-7777 CT scan of soft tissue of neck with contrast $368.10 $3,681.00 $154.20–$920.25 90% —
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UT Health East Texas Tyler Regional Hospital Tyler, TX · (903) 597-0351 CT scan of soft tissue of neck with contrast $768.80 $7,688.00 $156.83–$1,922.00 90% —
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UT Health Rehabilitation Hospital Tyler, TX CT scan of soft tissue of neck with contrast $768.80 $7,688.00 $169.94–$3,928.57 90% —
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Outpatient: lowest $368.10, median $768.80, highest $768.80 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $768.80. 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 3 of 3 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.