Peripheral bone density scan cost in Omaha, NE
In Omaha, NE-IA, 10 hospitals list a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral): from $59.34 to $330.40, with a median of $68.48. The lowest listed price is at Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center and 4 other hospitals — $9.14 less than the median here. Across Nebraska, the median is $231.90 at 26 hospitals.
- The median here, $68.48, is 64% below the US median of $192.36.
- That is 0.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($88.91).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 7 cities for code 77081, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 5, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 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 Omaha, NE-IA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center lowest Omaha, NE · (402) 572-2121 HC DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/>SITES APPENDICLR SKEL File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $59.34 | $138.00 | $22.08–$204.24 | 57% |
| CHI Health Bergan Mercy lowest Omaha, NE · (402) 398-6020 HC DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/>SITES APPENDICLR SKEL File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $59.34 | $138.00 | $22.08–$204.24 | 57% |
| CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs lowest Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 328-5000 HC DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/>SITES APPENDICLR SKEL File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $59.34 | $138.00 | $20.70–$201.28 | 57% |
| CHI Health Lakeside lowest Omaha, NE · (402) 717-8000 HC DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/>SITES APPENDICLR SKEL File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $59.34 | $138.00 | $19.32–$204.24 | 57% |
| CHI Health Midlands lowest Papillion, NE · (402) 593-3000 HC DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/>SITES APPENDICLR SKEL File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $59.34 | $138.00 | $23.46–$204.24 | 57% |
| Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE · (402) 559-4000 DXA bone density measurement of forearm, finger, hand, or foot File of Aug 10, 2026 · source file | $77.61 | $119.40 | $8.96–$78.57 | 35% |
| Bellevue Medical Center Bellevue, NE · (402) 763-3600 DXA bone density measurement of forearm, finger, hand, or foot File of Aug 10, 2026 · source file | $77.61 | $119.40 | $8.96–$78.57 | 35% |
| Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital of Missouri Valley, Iowa Missouri Valley, IA · (712) 642-2784 HC DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/>SITES APPENDICLR SKEL File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $180.50 | $361.00 | $133.57–$353.78 | 50% |
| Saunders Medical Center Wahoo, NE · (402) 443-4191 BD Bone Density DEXA App Skeleton File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $228.00 | $304.00 | — | 25% |
| Memorial Community Hospital Blair, NE · (402) 426-1502 DXA bone density measurement of forearm, finger, hand, or foot File of Jul 15, 2026 · source file | $330.40 | $413.00 | $194.11–$404.74 | 20% |
Outpatient: lowest $59.34, median $68.48, highest $330.40 — a 5.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $59.34. 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 9 of 9 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 peripheral bone density scan is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Peripheral bone density scan explained.