Scans and imaging CPT 70498 Outpatient

Neck CT angiogram (CTA) cost in El Paso, TX

In El Paso, TX, 8 hospitals list a cash price for CT angiography (CTA) of the neck: from $606.05 to $11,676.00, with a median of $7,587.69. The lowest listed price is at University Medical Center El Paso and 1 other hospital — $6,981.64 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $2,712.71 at 280 hospitals.

Cash prices at 8 facilities across 2 cities for code 70498, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 6, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$606.05University Medical Center El Paso + 1 more
Median$7,587.69half pay less
Highest$11,676.00in this market
Difference19.3×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 El Paso, TX.

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Lowest $606.05Highest $11,676.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
University Medical Center El Paso lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 CTA NECK W&W/O CONTRAST $606.05 $3,030.25 $126.03–$1,666.64 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX CTA NECK W&W/O CONTRAST $606.05 $3,030.25 $126.03–$1,666.64 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 MSU CTA NECK W/CON & W/O IF PERFOR $669.56 $3,347.79 $126.03–$1,841.28 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX MSU CTA NECK W/CON & W/O IF PERFOR $669.56 $3,347.79 $126.03–$1,841.28 80% —
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El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 CTA NECK W IV & POST PROCESS $954.20 $4,771.00 $175.06–$3,816.80 80% —
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PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of El Paso El Paso, TX CT Angiography Neck $3,504.38 $3,504.38 $70.00–$2,978.72 — Aug 6, 2026
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Del Sol Rehab East El Paso, TX CTA NECK $11,671.00 $11,671.00 $8,052.99 — Sep 1, 2026
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Las Palmas Rehab El Paso, TX CTA NECK $11,676.00 $11,676.00 $9,924.60 — Sep 1, 2026
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Las Palmas Medical Center El Paso, TX · (915) 521-1200 CTA NECK $11,676.00 $11,676.00 $8,056.44 — Sep 1, 2026
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Del Sol Medical Center El Paso, TX · (915) 521-1200 CTA NECK $11,676.00 $11,676.00 $9,924.60 — Sep 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $606.05, median $7,587.69, highest $11,676.00 — a 19.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $780.13. 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 8 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 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.

10 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70498 ($1,887.60). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXWS CTA NECK W IV & POST PROCES $130.01 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXWS CTA NECK W IV & POST PROCES $130.01 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXNE CTA NECK W IV & POST PROCES $149.57 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXNE CTA NECK W IV & POST PROCES $149.57 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXES CTA NECK W IV & POST PROCES $152.46 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXREN CTA NECK W IV & POST PROCE $152.46 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXREN CTA NECK W IV & POST PROCE $152.46 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXES CTA NECK W IV & POST PROCES $152.46 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH CTA NECK W IV & POST PROCES $160.04 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH CTA NECK W/CON & W/O IF PERFOR $167.97 file