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Procedure price report · Computerized axial tomography (CT) scan head

CT of eye socket or inner ear, before and after contrast

CPT 70482the billing code this page is about

A CT scan of the eye sockets, inner ear, or base-of-skull area taken first without contrast dye and again after the dye is given.

Hospitals typically charge $1,582 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,126 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,652. Most fall between $782 and $2,868 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,126
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 3,126 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$492$898$1,582$2,520$4,227

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($492 vs $4,227).

How the prices are spread

$296 – $406: 80 hospitals$296$406 – $556: 142 hospitals$556 – $761: 232 hospitals$556$761 – $1,043: 333 hospitals$1,043 – $1,430: 431 hospitals$1,043$1,430 – $1,959: 549 hospitals$1,959 – $2,684: 501 hospitals$1,959$2,684 – $3,678: 296 hospitals$3,678 – $5,039: 157 hospitals$3,678$5,039 – $6,905: 93 hospitals$5,039median $1,582price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,814 of 3,126 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$296$40680
$406$556142
$556$761232
$761$1,043333
$1,043$1,430431
$1,430$1,959549
$1,959$2,684501
$2,684$3,678296
$3,678$5,039157
$5,039$6,90593

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$179
Median cash price$1,582
Cash as a multiple of Medicare8.8×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,582.

Alaska: median $2,396 across 14 hospitalsAK$2,396Maine: median $1,000 across 25 hospitalsME$1,000Vermont: median $2,160 across 12 hospitalsVT$2,160New Hampshire: median $1,548 across 18 hospitalsNH$1,548Washington: median $1,505 across 62 hospitalsWA$1,505Idaho: median $1,200 across 21 hospitalsID$1,200Montana: median $1,511 across 18 hospitalsMT$1,511North Dakota: median $1,822 across 27 hospitalsND$1,822Minnesota: median $1,293 across 81 hospitalsMN$1,293Illinois: median $2,354 across 132 hospitalsIL$2,354Wisconsin: median $1,455 across 102 hospitalsWI$1,455Michigan: median $1,369 across 85 hospitalsMI$1,369New York: median $952 across 95 hospitalsNY$952Massachusetts: median $1,474 across 47 hospitalsMA$1,474Oregon: median $1,520 across 46 hospitalsOR$1,520Nevada: median $1,564 across 20 hospitalsNV$1,564Wyoming: median $1,788 across 14 hospitalsWY$1,788South Dakota: median $2,844 across 25 hospitalsSD$2,844Iowa: median $1,723 across 67 hospitalsIA$1,723Indiana: median $888 across 93 hospitalsIN$888Ohio: median $1,248 across 139 hospitalsOH$1,248Pennsylvania: median $1,295 across 111 hospitalsPA$1,295New Jersey: median $467 across 56 hospitalsNJ$467Connecticut: median $1,099 across 19 hospitalsCT$1,099Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,757 across 206 hospitalsCA$2,757Utah: median $1,573 across 39 hospitalsUT$1,573Colorado: median $1,840 across 59 hospitalsCO$1,840Nebraska: median $2,477 across 75 hospitalsNE$2,477Missouri: median $1,619 across 74 hospitalsMO$1,619Kentucky: median $1,396 across 62 hospitalsKY$1,396West Virginia: median $1,254 across 36 hospitalsWV$1,254Virginia: median $1,500 across 68 hospitalsVA$1,500Maryland: median $301 across 37 hospitalsMD$301Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,282 across 53 hospitalsAZ$1,282New Mexico: median $1,605 across 28 hospitalsNM$1,605Kansas: median $1,170 across 76 hospitalsKS$1,170Arkansas: median $733 across 34 hospitalsAR$733Tennessee: median $766 across 77 hospitalsTN$766North Carolina: median $1,892 across 86 hospitalsNC$1,892South Carolina: median $2,020 across 51 hospitalsSC$2,020Oklahoma: median $1,132 across 64 hospitalsOK$1,132Louisiana: median $773 across 52 hospitalsLA$773Mississippi: median $925 across 48 hospitalsMS$925Alabama: median $1,576 across 41 hospitalsAL$1,576Georgia: median $1,400 across 102 hospitalsGA$1,400Hawaii: median $1,378 across 17 hospitalsHI$1,378Texas: median $2,109 across 229 hospitalsTX$2,109Florida: median $3,912 across 169 hospitalsFL$3,912
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,582. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL169$3,912+147%$1,256 – $13,036
South Dakota SD25$2,844+80%$2,539 – $3,250
California CA206$2,757+74%$1,441 – $4,798
Nebraska NE75$2,477+57%$1,790 – $3,037
Alaska AK14$2,396+51%$905 – $4,292
Illinois IL132$2,354+49%$1,250 – $3,491
Vermont VT12$2,160+37%$1,098 – $3,307
Texas TX229$2,109+33%$1,297 – $4,597
South Carolina SC51$2,020+28%$1,190 – $2,358
North Carolina NC86$1,892+20%$1,436 – $2,521
Colorado CO59$1,840+16%$990 – $2,973
North Dakota ND27$1,822+15%$1,614 – $2,181
Wyoming WY14$1,788+13%$974 – $3,333
Iowa IA67$1,723+9%$1,316 – $2,209
Missouri MO74$1,619+2%$855 – $2,649
New Mexico NM28$1,605+1%$1,327 – $2,518
Alabama AL41$1,5760%$576 – $1,984
Utah UT39$1,573−1%$1,444 – $2,272
Nevada NV20$1,564−1%$864 – $2,291
New Hampshire NH18$1,548−2%$1,164 – $4,095
Oregon OR46$1,520−4%$1,155 – $2,322
Montana MT18$1,511−4%$1,064 – $2,238
Washington WA62$1,505−5%$1,188 – $2,343
Virginia VA68$1,500−5%$887 – $3,287
Massachusetts MA47$1,474−7%$772 – $2,223
Wisconsin WI102$1,455−8%$795 – $2,338
Georgia GA102$1,400−11%$644 – $2,305
Kentucky KY62$1,396−12%$826 – $2,739
Hawaii HI17$1,378−13%$1,273 – $2,034
Michigan MI85$1,369−13%$883 – $2,536
Pennsylvania PA111$1,295−18%$483 – $3,243
Minnesota MN81$1,293−18%$571 – $2,279
Arizona AZ53$1,282−19%$477 – $5,762
West Virginia WV36$1,254−21%$863 – $1,964
Ohio OH139$1,248−21%$933 – $1,891
Idaho ID21$1,200−24%$1,020 – $1,663
Kansas KS76$1,170−26%$689 – $2,265
Oklahoma OK64$1,132−28%$631 – $1,785
Connecticut CT19$1,099−31%$781 – $1,974
Maine ME25$1,000−37%$450 – $2,121
New York NY95$952−40%$264 – $2,895
Mississippi MS48$925−42%$685 – $1,330
Indiana IN93$888−44%$542 – $1,876
Louisiana LA52$773−51%$451 – $1,478
Tennessee TN77$766−52%$489 – $1,541
Arkansas AR34$733−54%$384 – $892
New Jersey NJ56$467−70%$210 – $875
Maryland MD37$301−81%$220 – $422
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,582.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,275$1,561$716 – $3,088
Children’s61$2,322$1,533 – $3,965
Critical access781$1,695$907 – $2,482
Ownership
For-profit465$2,259$986 – $8,736
Government541$1,550$760 – $2,472
Non-profit2,111$1,552$750 – $2,619
System affiliation
Part of a system2,591$1,605$795 – $2,953
Independent535$1,497$741 – $2,502

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,732
Median cash price$1,582
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

2,117 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,635 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,701; most fall between $842 and $2,802.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,117 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$574$986$1,635$2,521$3,828

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($574 vs $3,828).

Of the 2,352 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,117 gave a usable cash price; 131 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 104 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,126 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (79%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,458 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,126
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here218
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded113
Hospitals that filed this code3,458

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Computerized axial tomography (CT) scan head family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as CT Orbit Sella/Post Fossa/Ear W/O & W/Contr Matr.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “CT of eye socket or inner ear, before and after contrast (CPT 70482) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-70482-ct-of-eye-socket-or-inner-ear-before-and-after-contrast