Scans and imaging CPT 70480 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Eye socket (orbit) CT cost in Buffalo, NY — inpatient

In Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for eye socket (orbit) CT scan without contrast as an inpatient: from $751.40 to $1,320.93, with a median of $869.00. The lowest listed price is at Bertrand Chaffee Hospital — $117.60 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $737.79 at 110 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 70480, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$751.40Bertrand Chaffee Hospital

Median$869.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,320.93in this market

Difference1.8×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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY.

median

Lowest $751.40Highest $1,320.93

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Bertrand Chaffee Hospital lowest Springville, NY · (716) 592-2871 ORBIT A WO TECH+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file	$751.40	$884.00	$72.72–$964.00	15%
Kaleida Health Buffalo, NY · (716) 859-8620 Ct Orb/Pfos/Ear W/O C File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$869.00	$869.00	—	—
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY Ct Of Orbit W/O Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,320.93	$1,320.93	—	—

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 $751.40, median $869.00, highest $1,320.93 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $751.40 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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

An orbit CT makes cross-section pictures of the eye sockets, the bones around them and the tissue behind the eyes. It is used after a blow to the eye, for a suspected metal fragment, and for eye bulging or swelling.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the scan and any contrast dye. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70480 ($1,207.85). 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.

Hospital	Cash price	File
Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston, NYHC CT Scan,Orbit/Sella/Post Fossa/Ear,W/O - CT Orbits/Sella WO IV Cont	$72.00	file
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NYHC CT Scan,Orbit/Sella/Post Fossa/Ear,W/O - CT Orbits/Sella WO IV Cont	$72.00	file
Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NYHC CT Scan,Orbit/Sella/Post Fossa/Ear,W/O - CT Orbits/Sella WO IV Cont	$72.00	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.