Scans and imaging CPT 70498 Outpatient

Neck CT angiogram (CTA) cost in Kalispell, MT

In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for CT angiography (CTA) of the neck: from $1,233.05 to $1,303.90, with a median of $1,268.48. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health Medical Center — $35.43 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $2,030.76 at 21 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,233.05Logan Health Medical Center
Median$1,268.48half pay less
Highest$1,303.90in 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 Kalispell, MT.

median
Lowest $1,233.05Highest $1,303.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health Medical Center lowest Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 CTA NECK W/O & W INCL RECONS $1,233.05 $1,897.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 CTA NECK W/O & W INCL RECONS $1,303.90 $2,006.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,233.05, median $1,268.48, highest $1,303.90 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,268.48. 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.

2 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.

Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MTCT ANGIOGRAPHY NECK $128.05 file
Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MTCT ANGIOGRAPHY NECK $128.05 file