Scans and imaging CPT 77081 New Mexico Outpatient

Peripheral bone density scan cost in New Mexico

In New Mexico, 2 hospitals publish a cash price for DEXA bone density scan of the wrist, heel or finger (peripheral): from $116.34 to $236.40, with a median of $176.37. The lowest price is at Covenant Hospital Hobbs (Hobbs). The highest price is 2.0× 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$116.34Covenant Hospital Hobbs
Median$176.37half pay less
Highest$236.40in New Mexico
Lowest saves$60.03vs the median

Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceFile date
Covenant Hospital Hobbs lowest Hobbs · Hobbs, NM HC BONE DENSITY PERIPHERAL SKELETON $116.34 $277.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems Taos · Taos, NM XR BONE DEXA-APPENDICULAR SKELETON $236.40 $295.50 Apr 1, 2026
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By metro area

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

Metro areaHospitals LowestMedian
Hobbs, NM 1 $116.34 $116.34
Taos, NM 1 $236.40 $236.40

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.