Scans and imaging CPT 70480 Outpatient

Eye socket (orbit) CT cost in New Ulm, MN

In New Ulm, MN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for eye socket (orbit) CT scan without contrast: from $794.70 to $794.70, with a median of $794.70. Across Minnesota, the median is $1,196.44 at 82 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 70480, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 16, 2026 and Jun 16, 2026.

Lowest$794.70New Ulm Medical Center

Median$794.70half of hospitals charge less

Highest$794.70in this market

Difference1.0×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 New Ulm, MN.

median

Lowest $533.43Highest $794.70

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
New Ulm Medical Center lowest New Ulm, MN · (507) 217-5000 HCHG RAD CT ORBITS OR TEMPORAL BONES WO File of Jun 16, 2026 · source file	$794.70	$1,419.10	$241.56–$1,419.10	44%
City of Sleepy Eye both sides Sleepy Eye, MN · (507) 794-3571 ORBIT BI WO CONTRAST,TECHNICAL COMPONENT+1 more line at this price source file	$533.43	$2,712.00	$99.56–$2,630.64	80%

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.

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.

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.

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $794.70, median $794.70, highest $794.70.

Both sides : lowest $533.43, median $533.43, highest $533.43.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $794.70. 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 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.