Scans and imaging CPT 77081 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Peripheral bone density scan cost in Rochester, NY — inpatient

In Rochester, NY, 4 hospitals list a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral) as an inpatient: from $76.33 to $201.75, with a median of $201.75. The lowest listed price is at Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital — $125.42 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $104.19 at 55 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 77081, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$76.33Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital
Median$201.75half pay less
Highest$201.75in this market
Difference2.6×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 Rochester, NY.

median
Lowest $76.33Highest $201.75

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital lowest Dansville, NY · (585) 335-6001 CHG DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY 1/>SITES APPENDICLR SKEL $76.33 $128.00 — 40% —
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Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 922-4000 HC LO DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY_ 1_MORE SITES_ APPENDICULAR SKELETON $201.75 $310.38 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic Clifton Springs, NY · (315) 462-9561 HC LO DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY_ 1_MORE SITES_ APPENDICULAR SKELETON $201.75 $310.38 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark, NY · (315) 332-2022 HC LO DXA BONE DENSITY STUDY_ 1_MORE SITES_ APPENDICULAR SKELETON $201.75 $310.38 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $76.33, median $201.75, highest $201.75 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $144.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.