Scans and imaging CPT 77081 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Peripheral bone density scan cost in Kalispell, MT — inpatient

In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral) as an inpatient: from $33.80 to $92.30, with a median of $63.05. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health Medical Center — $29.25 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $143.63 at 13 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 77081, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$33.80Logan Health Medical Center

Median$63.05half of hospitals charge less

Highest$92.30in this market

Difference2.7×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 Kalispell, MT.

median

Lowest $33.80Highest $92.30

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Logan Health Medical Center lowest Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 DXA BONE DENSITY PERIPHERAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$33.80	$52.00	—	35%
Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 DEXA SCAN; (WRIST/RADIUS/HEEL) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$46.96	$72.25	—	35%
Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 DEXA SCAN; (WRIST/RADIUS/HEEL) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$92.30	$142.00	—	35%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Inpatient: lowest $33.80, median $63.05, highest $92.30 — a 2.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $63.05 — 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.