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Bone Density Scan, Peripheral Site

Louisiana 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34.67 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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$34.67$26.30 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$24.55 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $25 to $166Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $19 to $45
$20$50$100$200facility $55professional $35

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
$32.36
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$29.51
3 more rates 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
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XU · Unusual separate service
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 33rd of 51

$35.48

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.