Peripheral bone density scan cost in Detroit, MI
In Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, 22 hospitals list a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral): from $43.35 to $595.50, with a median of $282.80. The lowest listed price is at Karmanos Cancer Center — $239.45 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $154.70 at 53 hospitals.
Cash prices at 22 facilities across 17 cities for code 77081, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Sep 2, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karmanos Cancer Center lowest Detroit, MI · (800) 576-6266 APPENDICULAR SKELETON | $43.35 | $86.70 | $25.94–$87.63 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Oakland Pontiac, MI · (248) 338-5000 BD Bone Density DEXA App Skeleton Periph | $62.90 | $125.80 | $48.16–$137.40 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 BONE DENSITY DXA APPENDICULAR | $91.28 | $163.00 | $16.29–$70.57 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI · (810) 329-7111 BONE DENSITY DXA APPENDICULAR | $91.28 | $163.00 | $16.29–$70.57 | 44% | — source file |
| McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MI · (586) 493-8000 BD Bone Density DEXA App Skeleton Periph | $95.90 | $191.80 | $48.16–$148.99 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Henry Ford Health Rochester, MI · (248) 652-5000 DX DXA BONE DEN-RADIUS/WRIST/HEEL | $103.87 | $221.00 | $14.94–$36.09 | 53% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI · (248) 325-1000 HB XRY DXA BONE DENSITY/APPNDCULR | $119.66 | $193.00 | $14.85–$159.55 | 38% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital Wyandotte, MI HB XRY DXA BONE DENSITY/APPNDCULR | $119.66 | $193.00 | $14.85–$159.55 | 38% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Twp, MI · (586) 263-2300 HB XRY DXA BONE DENSITY/APPNDCULR | $119.66 | $193.00 | $14.85–$159.55 | 38% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Health Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 916-2600 HB XRY DXA BONE DENSITY/APPNDCULR | $119.66 | $193.00 | $20.17–$199.43 | 38% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MI · (810) 987-5000 DXA BONE DENSITY/PERIPHERAL | $131.30 | $262.60 | $48.16–$137.40 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MI · (810) 987-5000 BD Bone Density DEXA App Skeleton Periph | $135.90 | $271.80 | $48.16–$138.07 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Karmanos Cancer Center Detroit, MI · (800) 576-6266 DEXA APENDICULAR SKELETON | $186.15 | $372.30 | $48.16–$279.23 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 BONE DENSITY DXA APPENDICULAR | $252.56 | $451.00 | $16.29–$70.57 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 BONE DENSITY DXA APPENDICULAR | $252.56 | $451.00 | $16.29–$70.57 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Novi, MI BONE DENSITY DXA APPENDICULAR | $313.04 | $559.00 | $16.29–$60.15 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Southfield, MI · (248) 849-3000 BONE DENSITY DXA APPENDICULAR | $313.04 | $559.00 | $16.29–$60.15 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Novi, MI BONE DENSITY APPLENDICULAR | $313.04 | $559.00 | $16.29–$60.15 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Novi, MI BONE DENSITY DXA APPENDICULAR | $313.04 | $559.00 | $16.29–$60.15 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Novi, MI BONE DENSITY APPLENDICULAR | $313.04 | $559.00 | $16.29–$60.15 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Southfield, MI · (248) 849-3000 BONE DENSITY DXA APPENDICULAR | $313.04 | $559.00 | $16.29–$60.15 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Southfield, MI · (248) 849-3000 BONE DENSITY APPENDICULAR SKEL | $313.04 | $559.00 | $16.29–$60.15 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Southfield, MI · (248) 849-3000 BONE DENSITY APPENDICULAR SKEL | $313.04 | $559.00 | $16.29–$60.15 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 DXA PERIPHERAL | $322.00 | $575.00 | $16.29–$70.57 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 DXA PERIPHERAL | $322.00 | $575.00 | $16.29–$70.57 | 44% | — source file |
| VHS Childrens Hospital of Michigan Detroit, MI · (313) 745-5437 DEXA APPENDICULAR SKELTN | $426.00 | $568.00 | — | 25% | Apr 6, 2026 source file |
| Harper University Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 745-6211 DEXA APPENDICULAR SKELTN | $450.75 | $601.00 | $1.00–$81.94 | 25% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Harper University Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 745-6211 DEXA APPENDICULAR SKELTN | $450.75 | $601.00 | $1.00–$81.94 | 25% | Aug 20, 2026 source file |
| Beaumont Hospital - Taylor Taylor, MI · (313) 295-5000 Hc Xray Bone Density Appendicular | $456.00 | $456.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Trenton Hospital Trenton, MI · (734) 671-3800 Hc Xray Bone Density Appendicular | $456.00 | $456.00 | — | — | — source file |
| William Beaumont Hospital Grosse Pointe, MI · (313) 473-1000 Hc Xray Bone Density Appendicular | $456.00 | $456.00 | — | — | — source file |
| William Beaumont Hospital Troy, MI · (248) 964-8800 Hc Xray Bone Density Appendicular | $456.00 | $456.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Wayne Hospital Wayne, MI · (734) 467-4175 Hc Xray Bone Density Appendicular | $456.00 | $456.00 | — | — | — source file |
| VHS Sinai Grace Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 966-3300 DEXA APPENDICULAR SKELTN | $595.50 | $794.00 | — | 25% | Apr 8, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $43.35, median $282.80, highest $595.50 — a 13.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $438.38. 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 8 of 15 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.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 77081 ($188.40). 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.
| McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MIBD Bone Density DEXA App Skeleton Periph - Report | $15.10 | file |
| McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MIBD Bone Density DEXA App Skeleton Periph - Report | $15.10 | file |
| McLaren Oakland Pontiac, MIBD Bone Density DEXA App Skeleton Periph - Report | $15.10 | file |
| McLaren Lapeer Region Lapeer, MIBD Bone Density DEXA App Skeleton Periph - Report | $15.10 | file |