Eye socket (orbit) CT cost in Duluth, MN
In Duluth, MN-WI, 11 hospitals list a cash price for eye socket (orbit) CT scan without contrast: from $563.55 to $2,345.76, with a median of $1,196.44. The lowest listed price is at Range Regional Health Services — $632.89 less than the median here. Across Minnesota, the median is $1,196.44 at 81 hospitals.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 8 cities for code 70480, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Duluth, MN-WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range Regional Health Services lowest Hibbing, MN · (218) 362-6730 HC CT ORBIT/SELLA/POST FOSSA/EAR W/O CONTRAST File of Jan 29, 2026 · source file | $563.55 | $1,326.00 | $97.56–$1,602.00 | 58% |
| Essentia Health Virginia Virginia, MN · (218) 741-3340 CT ORBIT/EAR/FOSA W/O DYE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,102.14 | $1,755.00 | $403.65–$1,586.52 | 37% |
| Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center Duluth, MN · (218) 786-3574 CT ORBIT/EAR/FOSA W/O DYE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,158.30 | $1,755.00 | $580.90–$1,509.30 | 34% |
| Essentia Health Duluth Duluth, MN · (218) 786-2652 CT ORBIT/EAR/FOSA W/O DYE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,158.30 | $1,755.00 | $580.90–$1,509.30 | 34% |
| Essentia Health St. Mary's Children's Hospital Duluth, MN CT ORBIT/EAR/FOSA W/O DYE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,158.30 | $1,755.00 | $580.90–$1,509.30 | 34% |
| Essentia Health Northern Pines Aurora, MN · (218) 229-4222 CT ORBIT/EAR/FOSA W/O DYE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,196.44 | $1,619.00 | $621.53–$1,619.00 | 26% |
| Essentia Health Moose Lake Moose Lake, MN · (218) 786-1367 CT ORBIT/EAR/FOSA W/O DYE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,196.44 | $1,619.00 | $644.36–$1,465.20 | 26% |
| Essentia Health St Marys Hospital-Superior Superior, WI · (715) 817-7000 CT ORBIT/EAR/FOSA W/O DYE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,196.44 | $1,619.00 | $518.08–$1,465.20 | 26% |
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet, MN · (218) 879-4641 CT MASTOIDS WITHOUT CONTRAST source file | $1,480.96 | $2,314.00 | $313.00–$2,775.00 | 36% |
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet, MN · (218) 879-4641 CT ORBITS WITHOUT CONTRAST source file | $1,593.60 | $2,490.00 | $313.00–$2,775.00 | 36% |
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet, MN · (218) 879-4641 CT INT AUDITORY CANAL W/O CON+1 more line at this price source file | $1,776.00 | $2,775.00 | $313.00–$2,775.00 | 36% |
| Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Orbits CT Without Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,919.23 | $3,528.00 | — | 46% |
| Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital Ely, MN · (218) 365-3271 CT scan of cranial cavity without contrast File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $2,345.76 | $2,896.00 | $741.00–$2,896.00 | 19% |
Outpatient: lowest $563.55, median $1,196.44, highest $2,345.76 — a 4.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $1,158.30. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 10 of 10 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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.