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Procedure price report · Other CT scan

CT of neck soft tissues, before and after contrast

CPT 70492the billing code this page is about

A CT scan of the soft tissues of the neck taken first without contrast dye and again after the dye is given.

Hospitals typically charge $1,662 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,243 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,723. Most fall between $798 and $2,963 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,243
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 3,243 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$520$977$1,662$2,658$4,125

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($520 vs $4,125).

How the prices are spread

$297 – $405: 76 hospitals$297$405 – $554: 126 hospitals$554 – $757: 228 hospitals$554$757 – $1,034: 291 hospitals$1,034 – $1,414: 484 hospitals$1,034$1,414 – $1,932: 524 hospitals$1,932 – $2,641: 530 hospitals$1,932$2,641 – $3,609: 399 hospitals$3,609 – $4,932: 181 hospitals$3,609$4,932 – $6,741: 80 hospitals$4,932median $1,662price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,919 of 3,243 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$297$40576
$405$554126
$554$757228
$757$1,034291
$1,034$1,414484
$1,414$1,932524
$1,932$2,641530
$2,641$3,609399
$3,609$4,932181
$4,932$6,74180

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$179
Median cash price$1,662
Cash as a multiple of Medicare9.3×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,662.

Alaska: median $2,453 across 16 hospitalsAK$2,453Maine: median $1,322 across 25 hospitalsME$1,322Vermont: median $2,160 across 11 hospitalsVT$2,160New Hampshire: median $1,638 across 18 hospitalsNH$1,638Washington: median $1,552 across 68 hospitalsWA$1,552Idaho: median $1,200 across 21 hospitalsID$1,200Montana: median $1,577 across 17 hospitalsMT$1,577North Dakota: median $1,706 across 32 hospitalsND$1,706Minnesota: median $1,369 across 90 hospitalsMN$1,369Illinois: median $2,331 across 132 hospitalsIL$2,331Wisconsin: median $1,524 across 104 hospitalsWI$1,524Michigan: median $1,535 across 86 hospitalsMI$1,535New York: median $1,005 across 95 hospitalsNY$1,005Massachusetts: median $1,678 across 49 hospitalsMA$1,678Oregon: median $1,484 across 46 hospitalsOR$1,484Nevada: median $1,960 across 21 hospitalsNV$1,960Wyoming: median $1,767 across 14 hospitalsWY$1,767South Dakota: median $3,062 across 31 hospitalsSD$3,062Iowa: median $1,717 across 76 hospitalsIA$1,717Indiana: median $880 across 94 hospitalsIN$880Ohio: median $1,337 across 141 hospitalsOH$1,337Pennsylvania: median $1,295 across 111 hospitalsPA$1,295New Jersey: median $544 across 57 hospitalsNJ$544Connecticut: median $1,865 across 21 hospitalsCT$1,865Rhode Island: median $1,275 across 10 hospitalsRI$1,275California: median $2,808 across 213 hospitalsCA$2,808Utah: median $2,179 across 39 hospitalsUT$2,179Colorado: median $1,761 across 63 hospitalsCO$1,761Nebraska: median $2,684 across 81 hospitalsNE$2,684Missouri: median $1,419 across 75 hospitalsMO$1,419Kentucky: median $1,683 across 65 hospitalsKY$1,683West Virginia: median $1,194 across 40 hospitalsWV$1,194Virginia: median $1,585 across 69 hospitalsVA$1,585Maryland: median $273 across 37 hospitalsMD$273Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,126 across 53 hospitalsAZ$1,126New Mexico: median $1,800 across 29 hospitalsNM$1,800Kansas: median $1,238 across 84 hospitalsKS$1,238Arkansas: median $839 across 37 hospitalsAR$839Tennessee: median $943 across 77 hospitalsTN$943North Carolina: median $1,973 across 94 hospitalsNC$1,973South Carolina: median $2,323 across 52 hospitalsSC$2,323Oklahoma: median $1,208 across 70 hospitalsOK$1,208Louisiana: median $858 across 55 hospitalsLA$858Mississippi: median $987 across 49 hospitalsMS$987Alabama: median $1,289 across 40 hospitalsAL$1,289Georgia: median $1,281 across 105 hospitalsGA$1,281Hawaii: median $1,565 across 16 hospitalsHI$1,565Texas: median $2,311 across 237 hospitalsTX$2,311Florida: median $3,616 across 171 hospitalsFL$3,616
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,662. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL171$3,616+118%$1,352 – $11,914
South Dakota SD31$3,062+84%$2,681 – $3,667
California CA213$2,808+69%$1,602 – $4,626
Nebraska NE81$2,684+61%$1,786 – $3,250
Alaska AK16$2,453+48%$1,897 – $3,996
Illinois IL132$2,331+40%$1,275 – $3,539
South Carolina SC52$2,323+40%$1,319 – $3,012
Texas TX237$2,311+39%$1,367 – $4,872
Utah UT39$2,179+31%$2,016 – $2,401
Vermont VT11$2,160+30%$1,225 – $3,313
North Carolina NC94$1,973+19%$1,238 – $3,039
Nevada NV21$1,960+18%$906 – $3,268
Connecticut CT21$1,865+12%$781 – $2,215
New Mexico NM29$1,800+8%$1,116 – $2,302
Wyoming WY14$1,767+6%$977 – $2,744
Colorado CO63$1,761+6%$1,231 – $3,342
Iowa IA76$1,717+3%$1,370 – $2,289
North Dakota ND32$1,706+3%$1,502 – $2,324
Kentucky KY65$1,683+1%$881 – $2,751
Massachusetts MA49$1,678+1%$873 – $2,623
New Hampshire NH18$1,638−1%$1,145 – $4,374
Virginia VA69$1,585−5%$1,014 – $3,437
Montana MT17$1,577−5%$1,132 – $2,301
Hawaii HI16$1,565−6%$1,375 – $2,115
Washington WA68$1,552−7%$1,096 – $2,295
Michigan MI86$1,535−8%$912 – $2,450
Wisconsin WI104$1,524−8%$792 – $2,305
Oregon OR46$1,484−11%$1,087 – $2,057
Missouri MO75$1,419−15%$860 – $2,060
Minnesota MN90$1,369−18%$648 – $2,086
Ohio OH141$1,337−20%$798 – $1,783
Maine ME25$1,322−21%$432 – $2,209
Pennsylvania PA111$1,295−22%$483 – $3,379
Alabama AL40$1,289−22%$708 – $2,568
Georgia GA105$1,281−23%$898 – $2,076
Rhode Island RI10$1,275−23%$415 – $1,975
Kansas KS84$1,238−26%$725 – $2,277
Oklahoma OK70$1,208−27%$898 – $1,802
Idaho ID21$1,200−28%$992 – $1,663
West Virginia WV40$1,194−28%$778 – $1,964
Arizona AZ53$1,126−32%$392 – $6,741
New York NY95$1,005−40%$253 – $2,700
Mississippi MS49$987−41%$656 – $1,496
Tennessee TN77$943−43%$544 – $1,821
Indiana IN94$880−47%$542 – $1,987
Louisiana LA55$858−48%$475 – $1,616
Arkansas AR37$839−50%$384 – $1,601
New Jersey NJ57$544−67%$210 – $1,172
Maryland MD37$273−84%$199 – $383
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,662.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,319$1,640$746 – $3,195
Children’s61$2,278$1,620 – $3,385
Critical access853$1,654$1,002 – $2,582
Ownership
For-profit476$2,392$1,067 – $9,038
Government580$1,585$779 – $2,570
Non-profit2,177$1,600$786 – $2,764
System affiliation
Part of a system2,671$1,698$812 – $3,061
Independent572$1,491$752 – $2,547

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,810
Median cash price$1,662
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

2,201 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,733 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,792; most fall between $872 and $2,952.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,201 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$585$1,032$1,733$2,704$3,740

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($585 vs $3,740).

Of the 2,446 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,201 gave a usable cash price; 139 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 106 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,243 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (82%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,592 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,243
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here229
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded119
Hospitals that filed this code3,592

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other CT scan family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as CT Soft Tissue Neck W/O & W/Contrast Material.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “CT of neck soft tissues, before and after contrast (CPT 70492) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-70492-ct-of-neck-soft-tissues-before-and-after-contrast