Scans and imaging CPT 77081 Outpatient

Peripheral bone density scan cost in Napa, CA

In Napa, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral): from $352.41 to $352.41, with a median of $352.41. Across California, the median is $276.64 at 75 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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$352.41Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center
Median$352.41half pay less
Highest$352.41in this market
Difference1.0×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 Napa, CA.

median
Lowest $352.41Highest $629.85

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center lowest Napa, CA · (707) 252-4411 HC BONE DENSITY PERIPHERAL SKELETON $352.41 $691.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center Napa, CA · (707) 252-4411 HC BONE DENSITY PERIPHERAL SKELETON $629.85 $1,235.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $352.41, median $352.41, highest $352.41.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $629.85. 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.