Scans and imaging CPT 70480 Outpatient

Eye socket (orbit) CT cost in Pittsburgh, PA

In Pittsburgh, PA, 18 hospitals list a cash price for eye socket (orbit) CT scan without contrast: from $240.50 to $2,937.00, with a median of $1,104.88. The lowest listed price is at Uniontown Hospital — $864.38 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $1,086.25 at 94 hospitals.

Cash prices at 18 facilities across 11 cities for code 70480, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 2, 2026 and Apr 14, 2026.

Lowest$240.50Uniontown Hospital
Median$1,104.88half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,937.00in this market
Difference12.2×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 Pittsburgh, PA.

median
Lowest $240.50Highest $2,937.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Uniontown Hospital lowest Uniontown, PA · (724) 430-5000 CT SCAN OF CRANIAL CAVITY WITHOUT CONTRAST source file $240.50 $481.00 $45.55–$236.10 50%
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown, PA · (724) 430-5000 CT ORBIT/EAR/FOSSA W/O DYE source file $269.50 $539.00 $45.55–$236.10 50%
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Kittanning, PA CT ORBIT, SELLA, EAR, P.FOSSA File of Mar 2, 2026 · source file $457.50 $1,525.00 $101.83–$1,525.00 70%
UPMC Washington Washington, PA · (724) 225-7000 CT SKULL BASE W/O source file $556.50 $795.00 $76.03–$916.00 30%
Monogahela Valley Hospital Monongahela, PA · (724) 258-1000 CT PF,MID IN EAR WO/CONTRAST source file $559.20 $932.00 $250.71–$1,142.17 40%
UPMC Jameson New Castle, PA · (724) 656-4100 CT ORBIT SELLA P FOS EAR WO source file $632.40 $1,054.00 $101.38–$927.52 40%
Highlands Hospital Connellsville, PA · (724) 628-1500 .CT MANDIBLE CHOMIAK+2 more lines at this price source file $772.20 $1,287.00 $433.72–$1,003.86 40%
Monogahela Valley Hospital Monongahela, PA · (724) 258-1000 CT ORBIT,SELLA WO/CONTRAST source file $772.20 $1,287.00 $346.20–$1,577.22 40%
UPMC Washington Washington, PA · (724) 225-7000 CT POST FOSSA W/O+4 more lines at this price source file $896.03 $1,280.05 $76.03–$921.64 30%
Canonsburg General Hospital Canonsburg, PA · (724) 745-6100 HC CT ORBIT/EAR/FOSSA WO CNTRST File of Apr 14, 2026 · source file $1,082.64 $1,388.00 $65.82–$368.59 22%
Forbes Hospital Monroeville, PA · (412) 858-2000 HC CT ORBIT/EAR/FOSSA WO CNTRST File of Apr 14, 2026 · source file $1,082.64 $1,388.00 $58.44–$1,907.73 22%
AHN Wexford Hospital Wexford, PA · (412) 295-3319 HC CT ORBIT/EAR/FOSSA WO CNTRST File of Apr 14, 2026 · source file $1,084.10 $1,465.00 $58.44–$368.59 26%
West Penn Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 578-5000 HC CT ORBIT/EAR/FOSSA WO CNTRST File of Apr 14, 2026 · source file $1,125.66 $1,542.00 $72.79–$368.59 27%
UPMC St Margaret Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 784-4000 CT ORBIT SELLA P FOS EAR WO source file $1,740.00 $2,900.00 $87.53–$2,465.00 40%
UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 367-6700 HC CT ORBIT SELLA P FOS EAR WO source file $1,795.80 $2,993.00 $94.21–$2,544.05 40%
UPMC McKeesport McKeesport, PA · (412) 664-2000 CT ORBIT SELLA P FOS EAR WO source file $1,810.20 $3,017.00 $93.97–$2,564.45 40%
UPMC East Monroeville, PA · (412) 357-3000 CT ORBIT SELLA P FOS EAR WO source file $1,863.00 $3,105.00 $101.65–$2,484.00 40%
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 232-8111 CT ORBIT SELLA P FOS EAR WO source file $1,950.00 $3,250.00 $84.51–$2,925.00 40%
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 641-4010 HC CT ORBIT SELLA P FOS EAR WO source file $2,020.20 $3,367.00 $94.88–$3,097.64 40%
UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 692-5325 CT ORBIT SELLA P FOS EAR WO File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file $2,138.40 $3,564.00 $101.38–$3,207.60 40%
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 647-2345 CT ORBIT SELLA P FOS EAR WO File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file $2,937.00 $4,895.00 $109.49–$4,160.75 40%
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.

Outpatient: lowest $240.50, median $1,104.88, highest $2,937.00 — a 12.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 19 facilities here, median $1,084.10. 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 14 of 18 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.