The "Cadillac tax" that is part of Obamacare might not cost employers nearly as much as initially estimated.

The Congressional Budget Office projects in a new report that taxes on employers' high-premium insurance plans will generate roughly $80 billion over the next 10 years.

That figure represents a decline of almost 42 percent from the $137 billion in excise tax revenue in the CBO's February forecast.

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