Scans and imaging CPT 77081 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Peripheral bone density scan cost in Virginia Beach, VA — inpatient

In Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, 8 hospitals list a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral) as an inpatient: from $58.20 to $388.20, with a median of $331.50. The lowest listed price is at Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center — $273.30 less than the median here. Across Virginia, the median is $269.00 at 29 hospitals.

Cash prices at 8 facilities across 6 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$58.20Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center
Median$331.50half pay less
Highest$388.20in this market
Difference6.7×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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC.

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Lowest $58.20Highest $388.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center lowest Portsmouth, VA · (757) 398-2200 HC Dexa Appendicular Skeleton $58.20 $97.00 — 40% —
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Chesapeake General Hospital Chesapeake, VA · (757) 312-8121 Hc Dexa Appendicular Skeleton $209.42 $349.03 — 40% —
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Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 507-1520 Chgr-Bone Density Study-Peripheral $331.50 $663.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 507-1520 Chg - Bone Density Study-Peripheral $331.50 $663.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Careplex Hospital Hampton, VA · (757) 827-2545 Chgr-Bone Density Study-Peripheral $331.50 $663.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Careplex Hospital Hampton, VA · (757) 827-2545 Chg - Bone Density Study-Peripheral $331.50 $663.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA · (757) 261-6700 Chgr-Bone Density Study-Peripheral $331.50 $663.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA · (757) 261-6700 Chg - Bone Density Study-Peripheral $331.50 $663.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA · (757) 261-6700 Chgr-Bone Density Study-Peripheral $331.50 $663.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA · (757) 261-6700 Chg - Bone Density Study-Peripheral $331.50 $663.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 395-8000 Chg - Bone Density Study-Peripheral $331.50 $663.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Hospital for Extended Recovery Norfolk, VA · (757) 388-3000 Chg - Bone Density Study-Peripheral $331.50 $663.00 — 50% —
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Hospital for Extended Recovery Norfolk, VA · (757) 388-3000 Chgr-Bone Density Study-Peripheral $331.50 $663.00 — 50% —
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Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 395-8000 Chgr-Bone Density Study-Peripheral $331.50 $663.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Bon Secours Harbour View Medical Center Suffolk, VA · (757) 673-5917 HC Dexa Appendicular Skeleton $388.20 $647.00 — 40% —
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Inpatient: lowest $58.20, median $331.50, highest $388.20 — a 6.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $331.50 — 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.