Peripheral bone density scan cost in Albuquerque, NM
In Albuquerque, NM, 3 hospitals list a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral): from $47.30 to $312.30, with a median of $312.30. The lowest listed price is at University of New Mexico Hospital | UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center - A Campus of UNM Hospital — $265.00 less than the median here. Across New Mexico, the median is $228.60 at 13 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities for code 77081, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Albuquerque, NM.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of New Mexico Hospital | UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center - A Campus of UNM Hospital lowest Albuquerque, NM · (505) 272-2111 DXA BONE DENSITY MEASUREMENT OF FOREARM; FINGER; HAND; OR FOOT | $47.30 | $86.00 | $25.21–$210.04 | 45% | — source file |
| University of New Mexico Hospital | UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center - A Campus of UNM Hospital Albuquerque, NM · (505) 272-2111 DXA BONE DENSITY APPENDICULR | $48.72 | $88.58 | $25.21–$210.04 | 45% | — source file |
| Lovelace Womens Hospital Albuquerque, NM DXA bone density measurement of forearm, finger, hand, or foot | $312.30 | $1,041.00 | $36.03–$968.13 | 70% | — source file |
| Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque, NM · (505) 727-2001 DXA bone density measurement of forearm, finger, hand, or foot | $312.30 | $1,041.00 | $36.03–$936.90 | 70% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $47.30, median $312.30, highest $312.30 — a 6.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $312.30. 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 3 of 3 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
This code covers a bone density test of the wrist, heel or finger, used for screening when a hip and spine scan is not available.
What the price covers
The price covers the scan and the reading.