Scans and imaging CPT 77081 Outpatient

Peripheral bone density scan cost in Lima, OH

In Lima, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral): from $101.70 to $303.00, with a median of $202.35. The lowest listed price is at Lima Memorial Health System — $100.65 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $256.80 at 91 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities 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.

Lowest$101.70Lima Memorial Health System
Median$202.35half pay less
Highest$303.00in this market
Difference3.0×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 Lima, OH.

median
Lowest $101.70Highest $546.30

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Lima Memorial Health System lowest Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Dxa Bone Densityperipheral $101.70 $113.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center Lima, OH · (419) 227-3361 HC Dexa Appendicular Skeleton $303.00 $505.00 — 40% —
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Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Dexa, Peripheral Study $546.30 $607.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $101.70, median $202.35, highest $303.00 — a 3.0× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $79.95. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.