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CT Scan Of The Eye Socket, Skull Base, Or Inner Ear

Alabama rates for HCPCS 70480

This is a CT scan focused on structures such as the eye sockets, the deep central area at the base of the skull, or the ear structures, performed without contrast dye to produce detailed cross-sectional images. It is used to evaluate problems such as trauma, infection, or structural abnormalities in these areas.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does CT Scan Of The Eye Socket, Skull Base, Or Inner Ear cost?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $170 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$219$195 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$170 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $170 to $219Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $162 to $363
$200$500facility $170professional $219

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$263.03
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$54.95

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Alaska than in Utah. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 35th of 51

$219

AK $646UT $105

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.