Scans and imaging CPT 77081 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Peripheral bone density scan cost in Elizabeth City, NC — inpatient

In Elizabeth City, NC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral) as an inpatient: from $120.50 to $120.50, with a median of $120.50. Across North Carolina, the median is $227.25 at 31 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 77081, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$120.50Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center
Median$120.50half pay less
Highest$120.50in this market
Difference1.0×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 Elizabeth City, NC.

median
Lowest $120.50Highest $331.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center lowest Elizabeth City, NC · (252) 335-0531 Chgr-Bone Density Study-Peripheral $120.50 $241.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center Elizabeth City, NC · (252) 335-0531 Chg - Bone Density Study-Peripheral $331.50 $663.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $120.50, median $120.50, highest $120.50.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $120.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.