Scans and imaging CPT 70480 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Eye socket (orbit) CT cost in San Francisco, CA — inpatient

In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 24 hospitals list a cash price for eye socket (orbit) CT scan without contrast as an inpatient: from $975.87 to $4,511.00, with a median of $3,483.20. The lowest listed price is at St. Rose Hospital — $2,507.33 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $2,288.00 at 203 hospitals.

Cash prices at 24 facilities across 17 cities for code 70480, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 23, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$975.87St. Rose Hospital
Median$3,483.20half of hospitals charge less
Highest$4,511.00in this market
Difference4.6×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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.

median
Lowest $975.87Highest $4,511.00
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
St. Rose Hospital lowest Hayward, CA · (510) 782-6200 CT CELLA TURCICA+2 more lines at this price File of Feb 23, 2026 · source file $975.87 $3,252.90 $2,277.03–$2,504.73 70%
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City, CA · (650) 369-5811 CT ORBIT/SEL/FOS/EAR WO File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $2,489.04 $6,838.00 $2,940.34–$5,607.16 64%
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton, CA · (925) 847-3000 CT Orb Sell/Pst Fos WO Cont File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $2,774.80 $6,937.00 — 60%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City Redwood City, CA · (650) 299-2000 CT ORBIT SELLA/POST FOSSA/EAR W/O CONTRAST MATRL source file $3,483.20 $6,220.00 $216.00–$675.00 44%
Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Richmond Campus Richmond, CA · (510) 752-1000 CT ORBIT SELLA/POST FOSSA/EAR W/O CONTRAST MATRL source file $3,483.20 $6,220.00 $216.00–$675.00 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael San Rafael, CA · (415) 444-2000 CT ORBIT SELLA/POST FOSSA/EAR W/O CONTRAST MATRL source file $3,483.20 $6,220.00 $216.00–$675.00 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek Walnut Creek, CA · (925) 295-4000 CT ORBIT SELLA/POST FOSSA/EAR W/O CONTRAST MATRL source file $3,483.20 $6,220.00 $216.00–$675.00 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch Antioch, CA · (925) 813-6500 CT ORBIT SELLA/POST FOSSA/EAR W/O CONTRAST MATRL source file $3,483.20 $6,220.00 $216.00–$675.00 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro San Leandro, CA · (510) 454-1000 CT ORBIT SELLA/POST FOSSA/EAR W/O CONTRAST MATRL source file $3,483.20 $6,220.00 $216.00–$675.00 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont Fremont, CA · (510) 784-4000 CT ORBIT SELLA/POST FOSSA/EAR W/O CONTRAST MATRL source file $3,483.20 $6,220.00 $216.00–$675.00 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco San Francisco, CA · (415) 833-2646 CT ORBIT SELLA/POST FOSSA/EAR W/O CONTRAST MATRL source file $3,483.20 $6,220.00 $216.00–$675.00 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco South San Francisco, CA · (650) 742-3200 CT ORBIT SELLA/POST FOSSA/EAR W/O CONTRAST MATRL source file $3,483.20 $6,220.00 $216.00–$675.00 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond Oakland, CA · (510) 752-1000 CT ORBIT SELLA/POST FOSSA/EAR W/O CONTRAST MATRL source file $3,483.20 $6,220.00 $216.00–$675.00 44%
Novato Community Hospital Novato, CA · (415) 209-1300 HCHG CT ORBIT AND SELLA FOSSA WO CONTR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $4,511.00 $4,511.00 — —
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Oakland, CA · (510) 655-4000 HCHG CT ORBIT AND SELLA FOSSA WO CONTR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $4,511.00 $4,511.00 — —
California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus Hospital San Francisco, CA · (415) 600-6000 HCHG CT ORBIT AND SELLA FOSSA WO CONTR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $4,511.00 $4,511.00 — —
Eden Medical Center Castro Valley, CA · (510) 537-1234 HCHG CT ORBIT AND SELLA FOSSA WO CONTR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $4,511.00 $4,511.00 — —
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp Berkeley, CA · (510) 204-4444 HCHG CT ORBIT AND SELLA FOSSA WO CONTR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $4,511.00 $4,511.00 — —
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness Campus San Francisco, CA · (415) 600-6000 HCHG CT ORBIT AND SELLA FOSSA WO CONTR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $4,511.00 $4,511.00 — —
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Herrick Campus Berkeley, CA · (510) 204-4444 HCHG CT ORBIT AND SELLA FOSSA WO CONTR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $4,511.00 $4,511.00 — —
Mills-Peninsula Medical Center Burlingame, CA · (650) 696-5400 HCHG CT ORBIT AND SELLA FOSSA WO CONTR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $4,511.00 $4,511.00 — —
Sutter Delta Medical Center Antioch, CA · (925) 779-7200 HCHG CT ORBIT AND SELLA FOSSA WO CONTR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $4,511.00 $4,511.00 — —
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Summit Campus-Hawthorne Oakland, CA · (510) 655-4000 HCHG CT ORBIT AND SELLA FOSSA WO CONTR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $4,511.00 $4,511.00 — —
Mills Health Center San Mateo, CA · (650) 696-5400 HCHG CT ORBIT AND SELLA FOSSA WO CONTR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $4,511.00 $4,511.00 — —
St. Rose Hospital both sides Hayward, CA · (510) 782-6200 CT ORBIT BI W/O CONTRAST File of Feb 23, 2026 · source file $975.87 $3,252.90 $2,277.03–$2,504.73 70%
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 $975.87, median $3,483.20, highest $4,511.00 — a 4.6× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $975.87, median $975.87, highest $975.87.

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 outpatient, the same code is billed by 25 facilities here, median $3,483.20 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is 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.