How much does ct scan of soft tissue of neck with contrast cost in Kentucky?

Cash prices for ct scan of soft tissue of neck with contrast (CPT 70491) in Kentucky range from $137 to $9,021, with a median of $1,282. Prices vary widely by hospital.

Where can I find the cheapest ct scan of soft tissue of neck with contrast in Kentucky?

The cheapest Kentucky hospital published cash price for this procedure is $137. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.

Are these the prices I'll pay?

These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.

Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?

Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.

Where does this data come from?

Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.

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CT Scan of Soft Tissue of Neck with Contrast Cost in Kentucky

What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 78 Kentucky hospitals. CPT 70491. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.

📊 Median $1,282 📉 Low $137 📈 High $9,021 🏥 78 hospitals 🏛️ 68 with insurance contracts 🇺🇸 Medicare $168

Hospital comparison — Kentucky

Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 78 hospitals.

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Hospital	Cash	Humana	UHC	Aetna	Centene	Cigna	Molina	MultiPlan	Medicare
CUMBERLAND COUNTY HOSPITAL BURKESVILLE	$137	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
HAZARD ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE HAZARD	$163	$145	$61.79	$61.79	$61.79	—	$748	—	—
WHITESBURG ARH HOSPITAL HOSPITAL ROAD WHITESBURG	$163	$94.53	$61.79	$61.79	$61.79	—	$536	—	—
WAYNE COUNTY HOSPITAL HOSPITAL STREET MONTICELLO	$243	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DEACONESS UNION COUNTY HOSPITAL MORGANFIELD	$252	$104	$51.80	$104	$61.14	$155	$104	$181	—
DEACONESS HENDERSON HOSPITAL HENDERSON	$252	$104	$104	$104	$61.14	$155	$104	$181	$104
BAPTIST HEALTH DEACONESS MADISONVILLE HOSPITAL DRIVE MADISONVILLE	$301	$58.85	$58.85	$58.85	$59.04	—	$59.04	$1,179	—
UOFL HEALTH - UOFL HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$631	$153	—	—	$194	$167	—	—	—
SAINT JOSEPH BEREA BEREA	$658	$382	$390	$394	$377	$943	$402	$1,243	—
NORTON BROWNSBORO HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$693	$1,559	$167	$167	$167	$1,044	—	$2,703	—
NORTON AUDUBON HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$693	$1,559	$167	$167	$167	$1,044	—	$2,703	—
NORTON WEST LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$693	$1,559	$167	$167	$167	$1,044	—	$2,703	—
NORTON HEALTHCARE PAVILION LOUISVILLE	$693	$1,559	$167	$167	$167	$1,044	—	$2,703	—
NORTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$693	$832	$167	$167	$167	$1,044	—	$2,945	—
NORTON WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$693	$1,559	$167	$167	$167	$1,044	—	$2,703	—
ST. ELIZABETH EDGEWOOD EDGEWOOD	$715	—	$177	$687	$188	—	—	—	—
ST. ELIZABETH FLORENCE FLORENCE	$715	—	$177	$687	$188	—	—	—	—
ST. ELIZABETH COVINGTON COVINGTON	$715	—	$177	$687	$188	—	—	—	—
ST. ELIZABETH FT. THOMAS FT. THOMAS	$715	—	$177	$687	$188	—	—	—	—
ST. ELIZABETH GRANT HOSPITAL WILLIAMSTOWN	$715	—	$177	$687	$188	—	—	—	—
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING MT. STERLING	$761	$167	$171	$172	$167	—	$176	$1,889	—
JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER HOPKINSVILLE	$773	$60.59	$60.59	$63.62	$60.59	$60.59	—	$263	—
UOFL HEALTH - MARY & ELIZABETH HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$786	$153	—	—	$225	$167	—	—	—
OWENSBORO HEALTH MUHLENBERG COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GREENVILLE	$804	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
OWENSBORO HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL OWENSBORO	$804	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CHI SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BARDSTOWN	$829	$170	$174	$176	$170	$1,426	$179	$1,778	—
UOFL HEALTH - SHELBYVILLE HOSPITAL SHELBYVILLE	$934	$153	—	—	$225	$167	—	—	—
CALDWELL MEDICAL CENTER PRINCETON	$936	$325	$412	$404	$618	$1,061	$449	—	$165
UOFL HEALTH - MEDICAL CENTER NORTHEAST LOUISVILLE	$940	$153	—	—	$225	$167	—	—	—
UOFL HEALTH - MEDICAL CENTER SOUTHWEST LOUISVILLE	$940	$153	—	—	$225	$167	—	—	—
UOFL HEALTH - MEDICAL CENTER EAST LOUISVILLE	$940	$153	—	—	$225	$167	—	—	—
UOFL HEALTH - MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH SHEPHERDSVILLE	$940	$153	—	—	$225	$167	—	—	—
PIKEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER PIKEVILLE	$1,047	—	—	$165	$230	—	—	—	—
CHI SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL LONDON LONDON	$1,098	$161	$164	$166	$161	—	$169	$2,801	—
UOFL HEALTH - JEWISH HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$1,106	$153	—	—	$225	$167	—	—	—
MARSHALL COUNTY HOSPITAL BENTON	$1,136	$701	$716	—	—	—	—	—	$701
CARROLL COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CARROLLTON	$1,244	$589	$663	—	$589	—	—	—	$165
LIVINGSTON HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES SALEM	$1,266	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
KINGS DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER ASHLAND	$1,282	—	$1,991	$2,369	—	—	$181	$2,886	—
CHI HEALTH SAINT JOSEPH JESSAMINE NICHOLASVILLE	$1,293	$175	$182	$180	$175	$1,977	$184	$2,336	—
CHI SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH WOMEN'S HOSPITAL AT SAINT JOSEPH EAST LEXINGTON	$1,305	$175	$182	$180	$175	$2,079	$184	$2,957	—
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL BOWLING GREEN	$1,361	—	$1,361	—	—	—	$1,361	—	—
FLEMING COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION DRIVE FLEMINGSBURG	$1,397	$20.00	$19.38	$22.60	—	—	—	$80.00	$20.00
CRITTENDEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL MARION	$1,436	—	$758	$2,105	$340	$2,105	—	—	$158
MEADOWVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MAYSVILLE	$1,454	$103	$43.30	$37.00	—	—	—	—	$100
CHI HEALTH SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL LEXINGTON	$1,531	$175	$182	$180	$175	$2,047	$184	$2,957	—
OWENSBORO HEALTH TWIN LAKES MEDICAL CENTER LEITCHFIELD	$1,533	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
MERCY HEALTH - MARCUM AND WALLACE HOSPITAL IRVINE	$1,617	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
SPRING VIEW HOSPITAL LORETTO RD LEBANON	$1,735	$100	$102	$57.50	—	—	—	—	$100
CENTERPOINT HEALTH - VERSAILLES AMSDEN AVENUE VERSAILLES	$1,803	$30.30	$30.60	$30.90	$30.00	—	—	$88.00	$30.00
MIDDLESBORO ARH HOSPITAL W CUMBERLAND AVENUE MIDDLESBORO	$1,862	$122	$122	$122	$122	—	$570	—	—
CENTERPOINT HEALTH - PARIS LINVILLE DRIVE PARIS	$1,879	$29.19	$102	$34.80	$100	$92.00	—	$92.00	$100
THE MEDICAL CENTER AT ALBANY ALBANY	$1,935	$580	$335	$580	—	$335	—	—	$600
THE MEDICAL CENTER AT SCOTTSVILLE SCOTTSVILLE	$1,935	$406	$406	$406	—	$600	—	—	$406
MORGAN COUNTY ARH HOSPITAL LIBERTY ROAD WEST LIBERTY	$1,969	$689	$853	$689	$696	—	$703	—	—
THE MEDICAL CENTER AT CAVERNA HORSE CAVE	$2,037	$489	$489	$489	—	$600	—	—	$550
THE MEDICAL CENTER AT FRANKLIN FRANKLIN	$2,037	$489	$489	$489	—	$600	—	—	$550
MERCY HEALTH - LOURDES HOSPITAL PADUCAH	$2,048	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
MARY BRECKINRIDGE ARH HOSPITAL KATE IRELAND DR HAYDEN	$2,068	$517	$655	$517	$522	—	$527	—	—
ARH OUR LADY OF THE WAY MAIN STREET MARTIN	$2,068	$689	—	$689	$689	—	$703	—	—

What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 70491, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $1,491 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.

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That is the median of what the 78 Kentucky hospitals above publish for Ct scan of soft tissue of neck with contrast — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.

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Medicare reimbursement benchmark

For CPT 70491 in Kentucky, Medicare reimburses about $168 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Kentucky range from $137 to $9,021 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 7.6x what Medicare pays. If a self-pay quote you receive is more than 2-3x the Medicare rate, ask the hospital for the cash-discount price in writing.

Frequently asked questions

How much does ct scan of soft tissue of neck with contrast cost in Kentucky?: Cash prices for ct scan of soft tissue of neck with contrast (CPT 70491) in Kentucky range from $137 to $9,021, with a median of $1,282. Prices vary widely by hospital.
Where can I find the cheapest ct scan of soft tissue of neck with contrast in Kentucky?: The cheapest Kentucky hospital published cash price for this procedure is $137. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
Are these the prices I'll pay?: These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?: Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
Where does this data come from?: Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.

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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Kentucky facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 70491 (Imaging). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.