Neck (cervical spine) CT scan cost in New Jersey

In New Jersey, 39 hospitals publish a cash price for CT scan of the neck (cervical spine), no contrast dye: from $140.12 to $19,074.00, with a median of $551.20. The lowest price is at University Hospital (Newark). The highest price is 136.1× the lowest.

• The median here, $551.20, is 61% below the US median of $1,410.83.
• That is 5.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($106.81).
• New Jersey ranks 3rd of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
• 11 of 39 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Why New Jersey prices look low: under state law (P.L.2008, c.60), a hospital may not charge an uninsured New Jersey resident whose family income is below 500% of the federal poverty level more than 115% of what Medicare pays for the same service. If that is you, ask the hospital's billing office to apply this limit; a separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 72125. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 29, 2026. See them on a map