Scans and imaging CPT 77081 Outpatient

Peripheral bone density scan cost in Crescent City, CA

In Crescent City, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral): from $377.00 to $377.00, with a median of $377.00. Across California, the median is $276.64 at 140 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$377.00Sutter Coast Hospital
Median$377.00half pay less
Highest$377.00in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG XR DEXA APPEN $377.00 $377.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $377.00, median $377.00, highest $377.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $377.00. 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

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.