Scans and imaging CPT 77081 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Peripheral bone density scan cost in Morrilton, AR — inpatient

In Morrilton, AR, 1 hospital lists a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral) as an inpatient: from $51.20 to $51.20, with a median of $51.20. Across Arkansas, the median is $72.60 at 13 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 77081, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$51.20St Anthony's Hospital Association
Median$51.20half pay less
Highest$51.20in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St Anthony's Hospital Association Morrilton, AR · (501) 977-2300 MX DEXA(RADI/WRIST) BONE DENSITY $51.20 $201.00 — 75% Feb 28, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $51.20, median $51.20, highest $51.20.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $51.20 — 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 ($188.95). 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.

St Anthony's Hospital Association Morrilton, ARDXA BONE DENSITY/PERIPHERAL $15.29 file