Scans and imaging CPT 77081 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Peripheral bone density scan cost in Cut Bank, MT — inpatient

In Cut Bank, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral) as an inpatient: from $182.32 to $182.32, with a median of $182.32. Across Montana, the median is $143.63 at 13 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 77081, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$182.32Logan Health - Cut Bank
Median$182.32half pay less
Highest$182.32in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 DXA Exam $182.32 $280.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $182.32, median $182.32, highest $182.32.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $182.32 — 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 77081 ($196.20). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MTXR DXA Appendicular Skeleton - Report $15.60 file