Scans and imaging CPT 77081 Outpatient

Peripheral bone density scan cost in Richmond, VA

In Richmond, VA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral): from $147.60 to $147.60, with a median of $147.60. The lowest listed price is at Bon Secours St Marys Hospital of Richmond and 1 other hospital. Across Virginia, the median is $269.00 at 29 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 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$147.60Bon Secours St Marys Hospital of Richmond + 1 more
Median$147.60half pay less
Highest$147.60in 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 Richmond, VA.

median
Lowest $147.60Highest $147.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Bon Secours St Marys Hospital of Richmond lowest Richmond, VA · (804) 285-2011 HC Dexa Appendicular Skeleton $147.60 $246.00 — 40% —
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Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center lowest Midlothian, VA · (804) 594-7400 HC Dexa Appendicular Skeleton $147.60 $246.00 — 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $147.60, median $147.60, highest $147.60.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $102.90. 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.