Scans and imaging CPT 70498 Outpatient

Neck CT angiogram (CTA) cost in Grand Rapids, MN

In Grand Rapids, MN, 3 hospitals list a cash price for CT angiography (CTA) of the neck: from $690.20 to $1,894.80, with a median of $1,554.97. The lowest listed price is at Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital — $864.77 less than the median here. Across Minnesota, the median is $1,757.58 at 84 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 70498, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Jan 28, 2026.

Lowest$690.20Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Median$1,554.97half pay less
Highest$1,894.80in this market
Difference2.7×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 Grand Rapids, MN.

median
Lowest $690.20Highest $1,894.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital lowest Grand Rapids, MN · (218) 326-3401 HC CT ANGIO NECK WO&W CONTRAST $690.20 $1,624.00 $167.46–$1,640.56 58% Jan 28, 2026
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Bigfork Valley Hospital Bigfork, MN · (218) 743-3177 CTA NECK/CAROTIDS $1,554.97 $2,190.10 $1,082.46–$2,124.40 29% —
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Essentia Health Deer River Deer River, MN · (218) 246-4200 CT ANGIOGRAPHY, NECK $1,894.80 $2,564.00 $984.32–$2,564.00 26% Jan 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $690.20, median $1,554.97, highest $1,894.80 — a 2.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,554.97. 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 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.