Scans and imaging CPT 70498 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Neck CT angiogram (CTA) cost in Riverside, CA — inpatient

In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 16 hospitals list a cash price for CT angiography (CTA) of the neck as an inpatient: from $804.68 to $10,643.75, with a median of $2,964.00. The lowest listed price is at Community Hospital of San Bernardino — $2,159.32 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $2,964.00 at 207 hospitals.

Cash prices at 16 facilities across 13 cities for code 70498, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 29, 2024 and Sep 2, 2026.

Lowest$804.68Community Hospital of San Bernardino
Median$2,964.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$10,643.75in this market
Difference13.2×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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.

median
Lowest $804.68Highest $10,643.75

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Community Hospital of San Bernardino lowest San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 CT ANGIO NECK W CON File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $804.68 $2,058.00 $1,234.80–$2,058.00 61%
St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC CT ANGIOGRAPHY NECK W CONTRAST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $1,503.36 $3,132.00 — 52%
Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC CT ANGIO NECK W/WO CONTRAST File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $1,553.40 $3,452.00 $624.81–$2,589.00 55%
Bear Valley Community Hospital Big Bear Lake, CA · (909) 866-6501 CTA CAROTID/NECK File of Aug 29, 2024 · source file $1,876.18 $2,680.26 $166.31–$1,876.18 30%
St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CA · (909) 883-8711 CT ANGIO NECK W CON File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $2,117.88 $6,360.00 $1,908.00–$5,215.20 67%
Palo Verde Hospital Blythe, CA · (760) 922-4115 CT Angio Neck File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $2,700.00 $3,600.00 — 25%
Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC CT ANGIO NECK W/WO CONTRAST File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $2,747.70 $6,106.00 $1,221.20–$5,495.40 55%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 CT ANGIOGRAPHY NECK W/CONTRAST/NONCONTRAST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $2,964.00 $5,700.00 $257.00–$765.00 48%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 CT ANGIOGRAPHY NECK W/CONTRAST/NONCONTRAST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $2,964.00 $5,700.00 $257.00–$765.00 48%
Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 CT ANGIOGRAPHY NECK W/CONTRAST/NONCONTRAST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $2,964.00 $5,700.00 $257.00–$765.00 48%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 CT ANGIOGRAPHY NECK W/CONTRAST/NONCONTRAST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $2,964.00 $5,700.00 $257.00–$765.00 48%
Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville, CA · (760) 245-8691 ANGIO NECK W/CONT INCLUDES NON CONT MAT File of May 13, 2026 · source file $3,133.00 $3,133.00 $1,644.82–$3,133.00 —
Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 CT ANGIO NECK File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file $3,241.00 $3,241.00 $1,701.52–$3,241.00 —
Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 CT ANGIO NECK File of May 20, 2026 · source file $3,241.00 $3,241.00 $1,701.52–$3,241.00 —
Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC CT ANGIO NECK W/WO CONTRAST File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $3,474.90 $7,722.00 $1,544.40–$6,563.70 55%
Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC CT Angio Neck W/WO Contrast+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file $10,643.75 $10,643.75 $190.93–$10,643.75 —
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.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Inpatient: lowest $804.68, median $2,964.00, highest $10,643.75 — a 13.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 24 facilities here, median $2,723.85 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 5 of 14 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70498 ($1,847.82). 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CAHC Cta Neck W W/O Contrast $111.67 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.