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Scans and imaging CPT 77081 Outpatient

Peripheral bone density scan cost in Kansas City, MO

In Kansas City, MO-KS, 14 hospitals list a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral): from $63.00 to $2,234.89, with a median of $644.58. The lowest listed price is at Liberty Hospital — $581.58 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $186.80 at 44 hospitals.

  • The median here, $644.58, is 235% above the US median of $192.36.
  • That is 7.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($88.91).
  • Kansas City, MO ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Missouri by median, cheapest first.
  • 9 of 14 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Cash prices at 14 facilities across 11 cities for code 77081, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 17, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$63.00Liberty Hospital
Median$644.58half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,234.89in this market
Difference35.5×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 Kansas City, MO-KS.

median
Lowest $63.00Highest $2,234.89

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Liberty Hospital one side lowest Liberty, MO · (816) 781-7200 MAMM BONE DENS WRIST +1 more line at this price File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file $63.00 $227.00 $63.33–$185.23 72%
Saint John Hospital Leavenworth, KS · (913) 680-6000 Hc Dexa,Bone Density, 1 + Site, Appendiculr Skeltn File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file $81.00 $405.17 $25.51–$324.14 80%
Providence Medical Center Kansas City, KS · (913) 596-4000 Hc Dexa,Bone Density, 1 + Site, Appendiculr Skeltn File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file $81.00 $232.06 $24.03–$232.06 65%
St Joseph Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 942-4400 Hc Dexa,Bone Density, 1 + Site, Appendiculr Skeltn File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file $86.00 $383.22 $40.68–$383.22 78%
Overland Park Regional Medical Center Olathe, KS · (913) 541-5000 DXA BONE DENSITY PERIPHL File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $467.83 $467.83 $60.82–$350.87 —
Cass Regional Medical Center one side Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 DEXA FOREARM, RIGHT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file $488.60 $698.00 $90.74–$676.36 30%
Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 DEXA FOREARM 77081 File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file $488.60 $698.00 $90.74–$676.36 30%
AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC DEXA,BONE DENSITY, 1 + SITE, APPENDICULR SKELTN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $644.58 $644.58 — —
AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC DEXA,BONE DENSITY, 1 + SITE, APPENDICULR SKELTN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $644.58 $644.58 — —
Lafayette Regional Health Center Lexington, MO · (660) 259-2203 DXA BONE DENSITY PERIPHL File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $660.61 $660.61 $122.87–$660.61 —
Centerpoint Medical Center Independence, MO · (816) 698-7000 DXA BONE DENSITY PERIPHL+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $913.61 $913.61 $107.26–$822.25 —
Menorah Medical Center Overland Park, KS · (913) 498-6000 DXA BONE DENSITY PERIPHL File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $1,203.23 $1,203.23 $156.42–$962.58 —
Research Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 276-4000 DXA BONE DENSITY PERIPHL File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $1,337.49 $1,337.49 $173.87–$1,337.49 —
Lee's Summit Medical Center Lee's Summit, MO · (816) 282-5000 DXA BONE DENSITY PERIPHL File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $1,483.16 $1,483.16 $192.81–$1,260.69 —
Belton Regional Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 348-1200 DXA BONE DENSITY PERIPHL File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $2,234.89 $2,234.89 $290.54–$2,011.40 —
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
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Outpatient: lowest $63.00, median $644.58, highest $2,234.89 — a 35.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $566.59. 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 5 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 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 peripheral bone density scan is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Peripheral bone density scan explained.