Scans and imaging CPT 77081 Massachusetts Outpatient

Peripheral bone density scan cost in Massachusetts

In Massachusetts, 17 hospitals publish a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral): from $83.73 to $1,036.00, with a median of $235.90. The lowest price is at The Mercy Hospital (Springfield). The highest price is 12.4× the lowest.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 77081. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026.

Lowest$83.73The Mercy Hospital

Median$235.90half pay less

Highest$1,036.00in Massachusetts

Lowest saves$152.17vs the median

Hospitals in Massachusetts, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	File date
The Mercy Hospital lowest Springfield · Springfield, MA PR Dexa Bone Density Study >=1 Sites Appendicular Skeleton (Peripheral)	$83.73	—	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Boston Medical Center South Brockton · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Chg DXA Bone Density Study 1/>Sites Appendiclr Skel	$94.03	$208.95	— source file
Boston Medical Center Brighton Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Chg DXA Bone Density Study 1/>Sites Appendiclr Skel	$103.38	$229.73	— source file
Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC DXA Bone Density/Peripheral 1+ Sites	$112.70	$161.00	— source file
Boston Medical Center Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Chg DXA Bone Density Study 1/>Sites Appendiclr Skel	$140.40	$312.00	— source file
Holyoke Medical Center Holyoke · Springfield, MA DXA Bone Density peripheral	$171.00	$171.00	— source file
Shriners Childrens - Boston Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH DXA BONE DENSITY APPENDICULR	$198.80	$198.80	— source file
Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Bone Density, Wrist/Radius/Hee	$220.00	$220.00	— source file
Tufts Medical Center Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC DXA Bone Density/Peripheral 1+ Sites	$235.90	$337.00	— source file
Milford Regional Medical Center Milford · Worcester, MA BD Dexa Appendicular Skeleton	$259.00	$259.00	— source file
Lowell General Hospital Lowell · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC DXA Bone Density/Peripheral 1+ Sites	$309.40	$442.00	— source file
HealthAlliance - Clinton Hospital Leominster · Worcester, MA HC Bone Density Peripheral	$462.00	$462.00	Mar 26, 2026 source file
Berkshire Medical Center Pittsfield · Pittsfield, MA DXA Bone Density/Periphrl	$538.55	$566.89	Mar 25, 2026 source file
Fairview Hospital Great Barrington · Pittsfield, MA DXA Bone Density/Periphrl	$538.55	$566.89	Mar 25, 2026 source file
North Adams Regional Hospital North Adams · Pittsfield, MA DXA Bone Density/Periphrl	$538.55	$566.89	Mar 25, 2026 source file
UMass Memorial Medical Center Worcester · Worcester, MA HC Bone Density Peripheral	$924.00	$924.00	Mar 26, 2026 source file
UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital Southbridge · Worcester, MA HC Bone Density Peripheral	$1,036.00	$1,036.00	Apr 3, 2026 source file

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro area	Hospitals	Lowest	Median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	8	$94.03	$169.60
Worcester, MA	4	$259.00	$693.00
Pittsfield, MA	3	$538.55	$538.55
Springfield, MA	2	$83.73	$127.36

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.

DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral) in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.