Scans and imaging CPT 77080 Outpatient

DEXA bone density scan cost in Kalispell, MT

In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the hip, pelvis or spine: from $172.74 to $207.19, with a median of $189.97. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health Medical Center — $17.23 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $325.73 at 19 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 77080, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$172.74Logan Health Medical Center
Median$189.97half pay less
Highest$207.19in this market
Difference1.2×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 Kalispell, MT.

median
Lowest $172.74Highest $207.19

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health Medical Center lowest Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 DEXA SCAN; (HIP/PELVIS/SPINE) $172.74 $265.75 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 DEXA SCAN; (HIP/PELVIS/SPINE) $207.19 $318.75 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $172.74, median $189.97, highest $207.19 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $189.97. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

A DEXA scan uses a very low dose of X-rays to measure bone density, usually at the hip and lower spine. It is used to check for osteoporosis and to judge the risk of fracture, and is commonly done for women over 65 and others at higher risk.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the scan and the report of bone density scores. The physician's interpretation may be billed separately, and adding a spine fracture check (vertebral fracture assessment) uses a different code.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 77080 ($375.05). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MTDXA BONE DENSITY AXIAL $14.95 file
Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MTDXA BONE DENSITY AXIAL $14.95 file