Peripheral bone density scan cost in Los Angeles, CA
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 19 hospitals list a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral): from $111.00 to $873.90, with a median of $265.20. The lowest listed price is at La Palma Intercommunity Hospital and 1 other hospital — $154.20 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $276.64 at 75 hospitals.
Cash prices at 19 facilities across 14 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 Nov 26, 2025 and Sep 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital lowest La Palma, CA · (714) 670-7400 Hc Dexa,Bone Density, 1 + Site, Appendiculr Skeltn | $111.00 | $415.59 | $15.81–$415.59 | 73% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center lowest Inglewood, CA · (310) 673-4660 DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY | $111.00 | $186.36 | $15.81–$186.36 | 40% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank, CA · (818) 843-5111 HC BONE DENSITY PERIPHERAL SKELETON | $137.20 | $392.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance Torrance, CA · (310) 540-7676 HC BONE DENSITY PERIPHERAL SKELETON | $150.85 | $431.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/>SITES APPENDICLR SKEL | $265.20 | $510.00 | $81.00–$240.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/>SITES APPENDICLR SKEL | $265.20 | $510.00 | $81.00–$240.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/>SITES APPENDICLR SKEL | $265.20 | $510.00 | $81.00–$240.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West la Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/>SITES APPENDICLR SKEL | $265.20 | $510.00 | $81.00–$240.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/>SITES APPENDICLR SKEL | $265.20 | $510.00 | $81.00–$240.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/>SITES APPENDICLR SKEL | $265.20 | $510.00 | $81.00–$240.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/>SITES APPENDICLR SKEL | $265.20 | $510.00 | $81.00–$240.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Irvine Irvine, CA DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/>SITES APPENDICLR SKEL | $265.20 | $510.00 | $81.00–$240.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/>SITES APPENDICLR SKEL | $265.20 | $510.00 | $81.00–$240.00 | 48% | — source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC BONE DENSITY PERIPHERAL SKELETON | $294.72 | $614.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Los Alamitos Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 DEXA APPENDICULAR SKELTN | $357.20 | $893.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 364-1400 HC BONE DENSITY PERIPHERAL SKELETON | $444.00 | $925.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA · (323) 442-8656 Dxa Bone Density/Peripheral | $583.25 | $583.25 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| USC Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital Los Angeles, CA Dxa Bone Density/Peripheral | $735.75 | $735.75 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 PET Scan | $873.90 | $1,344.46 | $53.76–$4,200.53 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 DUAL-ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY (DXA), BONE DENSITY STUDY, 1 OR MORE SITES; APPENDICULAR SKELETON (PERIPHERAL) ï | $873.90 | $1,344.46 | $53.76–$4,200.53 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 HB DXA BONE DEN PERIPH SKEL | $873.90 | $1,344.46 | $109.64–$14,761.00 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 DUAL ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY (DEXA), BONE DENSITY STUDY, ONE OR MORE SITES; APPENDICULAR SKELETON (PERIPHERAL) (EG, RADIUS, WRIST, HEEL) | $873.90 | $1,344.46 | $53.76–$4,200.53 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $111.00, median $265.20, highest $873.90 — a 7.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 18 facilities here, median $265.20. 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 3 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 none is it 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.