Scans and imaging CPT 77081 Outpatient

Peripheral bone density scan cost in Oneonta, NY

In Oneonta, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral): from $24.75 to $88.43, with a median of $56.59. The lowest listed price is at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital — $31.84 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $144.30 at 71 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 77081, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$24.75Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Median$56.59half pay less
Highest$88.43in this market
Difference3.6×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 Oneonta, NY.

median
Lowest $24.75Highest $109.82

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital lowest Cooperstown, NY Dexa,Bone Density,Appendiculr Skeltn $24.75 $49.49 $12.92–$7.74 50% —
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Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Society Oneonta, NY · (607) 432-2000 HC Dexa Bone Density Peripheral $88.43 $327.53 $102.18–$99.20 73% —
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Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital Cooperstown, NY HC Dexa Bone Density Peripheral $109.82 $406.75 $102.18–$99.20 73% —
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Outpatient: lowest $24.75, median $56.59, highest $88.43 — a 3.6× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $24.75. 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 1 of 2 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 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.