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Bone Density Scan, Peripheral Site

Florida 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $166 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$23.99$19.95 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$77.62 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $28 to $251Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $18 to $62
$10$100$1Kfacility $166professional $24

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
$15.49
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$28.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$12.30
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$91.20
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$42.66
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$302.00
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$169.82
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$169.82
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$41.69
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.45
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$29.51
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$38.90
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
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
$16.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$24.55

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 51st of 51

$24.55

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.