Eye socket (orbit) CT cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 6 hospitals list a cash price for eye socket (orbit) CT scan without contrast: from $3,483.20 to $31,322.87, with a median of $4,099.48. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose and 1 other hospital — $616.28 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $2,288.00 at 203 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 6 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 Mar 31, 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose lowest San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 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 - Santa Clara lowest Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 CT ORBIT SELLA/POST FOSSA/EAR W/O CONTRAST MATRL source file | $3,483.20 | $6,220.00 | $216.00–$675.00 | 44% |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC CT HEAD W/O CONTRAST HI-RES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,511.75 | $14,047.00 | — | 75% |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 CT Orb Sell/Pst Fos WO Cont File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $4,687.20 | $11,718.00 | — | 60% |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC CT Orbit/Ear/Sella/Pf WO Con File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $4,805.50 | $9,611.00 | $4,669.98 | 50% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Los Gatos, CA · (408) 559-2011 CT ORBIT/SELLA/IAC WO File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $31,322.87 | $31,322.87 | $4,698.43–$31,322.87 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $3,483.20, median $4,099.48, highest $31,322.87 — a 9.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $3,497.48. 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 0 of 4 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.