Scans and imaging CPT 70498 Outpatient

Neck CT angiogram (CTA) cost in Columbia, SC

In Columbia, SC, 4 hospitals list a cash price for CT angiography (CTA) of the neck: from $791.00 to $3,376.00, with a median of $1,404.75. The lowest listed price is at Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown and 1 other hospital — $613.75 less than the median here. Across South Carolina, the median is $1,975.00 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 70498, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$791.00Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown + 1 more
Median$1,404.75half pay less
Highest$3,376.00in this market
Difference4.3×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 Columbia, SC.

median
Lowest $791.00Highest $3,376.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown lowest Columbia, SC · (803) 256-5300 HB CTA NECK W CONTRAST $791.00 $1,582.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Northeast lowest Columbia, SC · (803) 256-5300 HB CTA NECK W CONTRAST $791.00 $1,582.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Kershaw Medical Center Camden, SC · (803) 432-4311 HB CTA NECK W CONTRAST $2,018.50 $4,037.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Lexington Medical Center West Columbia, SC · (803) 791-2000 Hc Ct Angio Neck $3,376.00 $3,376.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $791.00, median $1,404.75, highest $3,376.00 — a 4.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $1,404.75. 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 CTA uses contrast dye and CT scanning to show the carotid and vertebral arteries in the neck. It is used after a stroke or mini-stroke and to check narrowing found on an ultrasound.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the scan and any contrast dye. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.