Peripheral bone density scan cost in Fort Wayne, IN
In Fort Wayne, IN, 7 hospitals list a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral): from $62.68 to $150.50, with a median of $90.48. The lowest listed price is at Dupont Hospital — $27.80 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $145.20 at 43 hospitals.
Cash prices at 7 facilities across 3 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dupont Hospital lowest Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 BD Bone Density DEXA App Skeleton | $62.68 | $232.14 | $81.21–$378.38 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN BD Bone Density DEXA App Skeleton | $70.47 | $261.00 | $81.21–$378.38 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 BD Bone Density DEXA App Skeleton | $78.30 | $261.00 | $24.54–$234.90 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 BD Bone Density DEXA App Skeleton | $90.48 | $377.00 | $44.69–$339.30 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Whitley Hospital Columbia City, IN · (260) 248-9301 HC DEXA-BONE DENSITY PERIPHERAL | $143.50 | $287.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Parkview Regional Medical Center Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 266-1195 HC DEXA-BONE DENSITY PERIPHERAL | $150.50 | $301.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Parkview Ortho Hospital Fort Wayne, IN HC DEXA-BONE DENSITY PERIPHERAL | $150.50 | $301.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $62.68, median $90.48, highest $150.50 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $117.45. 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 4 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is 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.
8 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.
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN77081 26 DXA BONE DENSITY/PERIPHERAL | $8.88 | file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN77081,26 DXA BONE DENSITY/PERIPHERAL | $8.88 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN77081,26 DXA BONE DENSITY/PERIPHERAL | $9.99 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN77081 26 DXA BONE DENSITY/PERIPHERAL | $9.99 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN77081,26 DXA BONE DENSITY/PERIPHERAL | $9.99 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN77081 26 DXA BONE DENSITY/PERIPHERAL | $9.99 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN77081 26 DXA BONE DENSITY/PERIPHERAL | $11.10 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN77081,26 DXA BONE DENSITY/PERIPHERAL | $11.10 | file |