Peripheral bone density scan cost in Jamestown, NY
In Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral): from $121.20 to $283.14, with a median of $202.17. The lowest listed price is at UPMC Chautauqua — $80.97 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $104.19 at 55 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 77081, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 14, 2026 and Apr 14, 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 Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Chautauqua lowest Jamestown, NY · (716) 487-0141 DEXA APPEND SKEL PERIPHERAL | $121.20 | $202.00 | $32.10–$269.80 | 40% | — source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield, NY HC DEXA BN DENSITY PERIPHERAL | $283.14 | $363.00 | — | 22% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield, NY HC DEXA BN DENSITY PERIPHERAL | $283.14 | $363.00 | $25.67–$200.05 | 22% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $121.20, median $202.17, highest $283.14 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $202.17. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is 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.
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield, NYCHG DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/>SITES APPENDICLR SKEL | $5.72 | file |