Scans and imaging CPT 70491 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Neck CT with contrast cost in Vallejo, CA — inpatient

In Vallejo, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan with contrast as an inpatient: from $3,264.80 to $7,999.00, with a median of $4,129.90. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital & Rehab Center - Vallejo and 1 other hospital — $865.10 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $2,675.65 at 210 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 70491, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$3,264.80Kaiser Foundation Hospital & Rehab Center - Vallejo + 1 more
Median$4,129.90half pay less
Highest$7,999.00in this market
Difference2.5×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 Vallejo, CA.

median
Lowest $3,264.80Highest $7,999.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Kaiser Foundation Hospital & Rehab Center - Vallejo lowest Vallejo, CA · (707) 651-1000 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/CONTRAST MATERIAL $3,264.80 $5,830.00 $262.00–$820.00 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Vacaville lowest Vacaville, CA · (707) 624-4000 CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W/CONTRAST MATERIAL $3,264.80 $5,830.00 $262.00–$820.00 44% —
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Sutter Solano Medical Center Vallejo, CA · (707) 554-5280 HCHG CT NECK W CONTR $4,995.00 $4,995.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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NorthBay Medical Center Fairfield, CA · (707) 646-5000 Neck W/Cntrst $7,999.00 $7,999.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $3,264.80, median $4,129.90, highest $7,999.00 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $4,129.90 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 of 2 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.