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Bone Density Scan, Peripheral Site

Arizona rates for HCPCS 77081

A low-dose imaging scan that measures bone density at a peripheral location such as the wrist, forearm, or heel, used to help assess bone strength and screen for bone thinning conditions like osteoporosis. It uses a specialized low-radiation X-ray technique rather than a standard X-ray picture.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bone Density Scan, Peripheral Site cost?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.11 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$33.11$26.30 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$50.12 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $26 to $191Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $24 to $200
$20$50$100$200facility $85professional $33

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$39.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$37.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$67.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$32.36
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Arizona· 37th of 51

$33.11

AK $93.33FL $24.55

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.