Scans and imaging CPT 70491 Outpatient

Neck CT with contrast cost in Youngstown, OH

In Youngstown-Warren, OH, 5 hospitals list a cash price for neck soft tissue CT scan with contrast: from $1,160.00 to $1,294.20, with a median of $1,214.40. The lowest listed price is at Insight Hospital and Medical Center Trumbull — $54.40 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $1,168.20 at 135 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 2 cities for code 70491, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 25, 2026 and Jun 25, 2026.

Lowest$1,160.00Insight Hospital and Medical Center Trumbull

Median$1,214.40half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,294.20in this market

Difference1.1×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 Youngstown-Warren, OH.

median

Lowest $1,160.00Highest $1,294.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Insight Hospital and Medical Center Trumbull lowest Warren, OH · (330) 841-9011 CT neck soft tissue with contrast File of Jun 25, 2026 · source file	$1,160.00	$1,450.00	$725.00–$1,160.00	20%
Mh St Joseph Warren Hospital Warren, OH · (330) 841-4016 HC CT Soft Tissue Neck W/ Contrast source file	$1,214.40	$2,024.00	—	40%
Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health Center Youngstown, OH · (330) 729-2929 HC CT Soft Tissue Neck W/ Contrast source file	$1,214.40	$2,024.00	—	40%
Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital Youngstown, OH · (330) 480-3022 HC CT Soft Tissue Neck W/ Contrast source file	$1,214.40	$2,024.00	—	40%
Surgical Hospital at Southwoods Youngstown, OH · (330) 729-8000 """"CT SOFT TISSUE NECK W CON"""" source file	$1,294.20	$2,588.40	$164.49–$2,513.01	50%

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 $1,160.00, median $1,214.40, highest $1,294.20 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,214.40. 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 1 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.