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Procedure price report · Arterio- or venogram (not heart and head)

CT angiogram of the blood vessels of the neck

CPT 70498the billing code this page is about

A contrast-dye CT scan that maps the arteries and veins of the neck, including any plain images taken and computer processing of the pictures.

Hospitals typically charge $1,772 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,334 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,811. Most fall between $798 and $3,151 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,334
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 3,334 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
$514$964$1,772$2,825$4,537

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($514 vs $4,537).

How the prices are spread

$293 – $401: 82 hospitals$293$401 – $548: 132 hospitals$548 – $749: 232 hospitals$548$749 – $1,023: 294 hospitals$1,023 – $1,398: 422 hospitals$1,023$1,398 – $1,911: 468 hospitals$1,911 – $2,611: 610 hospitals$1,911$2,611 – $3,569: 421 hospitals$3,569 – $4,877: 203 hospitals$3,569$4,877 – $6,665: 138 hospitals$4,877median $1,772price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (3,002 of 3,334 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$293$40182
$401$548132
$548$749232
$749$1,023294
$1,023$1,398422
$1,398$1,911468
$1,911$2,611610
$2,611$3,569421
$3,569$4,877203
$4,877$6,665138

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$179
Median cash price$1,772
Cash as a multiple of Medicare9.9×

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 $1,772.

Alaska: median $3,158 across 17 hospitalsAK$3,158Maine: median $1,027 across 25 hospitalsME$1,027Vermont: median $2,946 across 11 hospitalsVT$2,946New Hampshire: median $1,947 across 22 hospitalsNH$1,947Washington: median $1,935 across 71 hospitalsWA$1,935Idaho: median $1,575 across 22 hospitalsID$1,575Montana: median $1,928 across 18 hospitalsMT$1,928North Dakota: median $2,050 across 27 hospitalsND$2,050Minnesota: median $1,511 across 101 hospitalsMN$1,511Illinois: median $2,447 across 136 hospitalsIL$2,447Wisconsin: median $1,761 across 108 hospitalsWI$1,761Michigan: median $1,452 across 85 hospitalsMI$1,452New York: median $896 across 112 hospitalsNY$896Massachusetts: median $1,400 across 53 hospitalsMA$1,400Oregon: median $1,785 across 46 hospitalsOR$1,785Nevada: median $2,030 across 21 hospitalsNV$2,030Wyoming: median $1,781 across 13 hospitalsWY$1,781South Dakota: median $3,290 across 41 hospitalsSD$3,290Iowa: median $2,098 across 88 hospitalsIA$2,098Indiana: median $1,005 across 96 hospitalsIN$1,005Ohio: median $1,304 across 142 hospitalsOH$1,304Pennsylvania: median $1,295 across 114 hospitalsPA$1,295New Jersey: median $571 across 57 hospitalsNJ$571Connecticut: median $1,974 across 22 hospitalsCT$1,974Rhode Island: median $995 across 10 hospitalsRI$995California: median $2,964 across 215 hospitalsCA$2,964Utah: median $2,224 across 42 hospitalsUT$2,224Colorado: median $2,063 across 67 hospitalsCO$2,063Nebraska: median $2,880 across 81 hospitalsNE$2,880Missouri: median $1,722 across 75 hospitalsMO$1,722Kentucky: median $1,490 across 66 hospitalsKY$1,490West Virginia: median $1,260 across 41 hospitalsWV$1,260Virginia: median $1,480 across 70 hospitalsVA$1,480Maryland: median $281 across 37 hospitalsMD$281Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,336 across 53 hospitalsAZ$1,336New Mexico: median $1,592 across 30 hospitalsNM$1,592Kansas: median $1,683 across 83 hospitalsKS$1,683Arkansas: median $604 across 38 hospitalsAR$604Tennessee: median $983 across 77 hospitalsTN$983North Carolina: median $2,076 across 95 hospitalsNC$2,076South Carolina: median $2,061 across 53 hospitalsSC$2,061Oklahoma: median $1,181 across 70 hospitalsOK$1,181Louisiana: median $947 across 55 hospitalsLA$947Mississippi: median $1,008 across 48 hospitalsMS$1,008Alabama: median $1,538 across 41 hospitalsAL$1,538Georgia: median $1,627 across 104 hospitalsGA$1,627Hawaii: median $1,720 across 16 hospitalsHI$1,720Texas: median $2,381 across 241 hospitalsTX$2,381Florida: median $3,954 across 172 hospitalsFL$3,954
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,772. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL172$3,954+123%$1,284 – $12,949
South Dakota SD41$3,290+86%$2,803 – $3,996
Alaska AK17$3,158+78%$904 – $4,436
California CA215$2,964+67%$1,463 – $5,062
Vermont VT11$2,946+66%$1,226 – $5,426
Nebraska NE81$2,880+62%$1,914 – $3,474
Illinois IL136$2,447+38%$1,165 – $3,808
Texas TX241$2,381+34%$1,150 – $5,018
Utah UT42$2,224+25%$1,282 – $2,344
Iowa IA88$2,098+18%$1,500 – $2,660
North Carolina NC95$2,076+17%$1,217 – $2,767
Colorado CO67$2,063+16%$1,167 – $3,131
South Carolina SC53$2,061+16%$1,091 – $2,736
North Dakota ND27$2,050+16%$1,736 – $2,497
Nevada NV21$2,030+15%$951 – $3,140
Connecticut CT22$1,974+11%$805 – $2,405
New Hampshire NH22$1,947+10%$1,505 – $4,310
Washington WA71$1,935+9%$1,202 – $2,856
Montana MT18$1,928+9%$1,269 – $2,315
Oregon OR46$1,785+1%$1,421 – $2,414
Wyoming WY13$1,7810%$1,026 – $3,040
Wisconsin WI108$1,761−1%$776 – $2,266
Missouri MO75$1,722−3%$1,015 – $2,665
Hawaii HI16$1,720−3%$1,149 – $2,033
Kansas KS83$1,683−5%$1,013 – $2,277
Georgia GA104$1,627−8%$882 – $2,514
New Mexico NM30$1,592−10%$946 – $2,800
Idaho ID22$1,575−11%$1,093 – $2,224
Alabama AL41$1,538−13%$576 – $2,271
Minnesota MN101$1,511−15%$737 – $2,433
Kentucky KY66$1,490−16%$854 – $2,464
Virginia VA70$1,480−17%$992 – $3,557
Michigan MI85$1,452−18%$667 – $2,707
Massachusetts MA53$1,400−21%$850 – $3,040
Arizona AZ53$1,336−25%$412 – $7,093
Ohio OH142$1,304−26%$798 – $2,261
Pennsylvania PA114$1,295−27%$362 – $3,170
West Virginia WV41$1,260−29%$1,002 – $2,098
Oklahoma OK70$1,181−33%$581 – $1,882
Maine ME25$1,027−42%$515 – $2,121
Mississippi MS48$1,008−43%$647 – $1,349
Indiana IN96$1,005−43%$542 – $1,900
Rhode Island RI10$995−44%$546 – $2,035
Tennessee TN77$983−45%$560 – $1,790
Louisiana LA55$947−47%$475 – $1,718
New York NY112$896−49%$381 – $2,749
Arkansas AR38$604−66%$384 – $1,891
New Jersey NJ57$571−68%$210 – $1,238
Maryland MD37$281−84%$196 – $376
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 $1,772.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,362$1,684$717 – $3,368
Children’s64$2,216$1,537 – $4,677
Critical access898$1,895$1,027 – $2,879
Ownership
For-profit484$2,464$981 – $7,332
Government592$1,716$848 – $2,688
Non-profit2,248$1,720$770 – $2,901
System affiliation
Part of a system2,746$1,819$798 – $3,281
Independent588$1,620$783 – $2,665

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,005
Median cash price$1,772
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

2,264 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,824 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,871; most fall between $894 and $3,127.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,264 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
$560$1,059$1,824$2,830$4,135

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($560 vs $4,135).

Of the 2,513 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,264 gave a usable cash price; 140 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 109 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,334 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (84%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,687 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,334
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here232
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 — excluded120
Hospitals that filed this code3,687

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 September 4, 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 Arterio- or venogram (not heart and head) family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as CT Angiography Neck W/Contrast/Noncontrast.

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 angiogram of the blood vessels of the neck (CPT 70498) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-70498-ct-angiogram-of-the-blood-vessels-of-the-neck