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Bone Microarchitecture Score Calculation

Alabama rates for HCPCS 77089

This service calculates a score reflecting bone microarchitecture and quality using data from an existing bone density scan, rather than performing a new imaging exam. It's typically used alongside bone density results to give a fuller picture of fracture risk. The ordering provider receives a written interpretation of the score.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bone Microarchitecture Score Calculation cost?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $110 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$41.69$37.15 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$50.12 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $50 to $158Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $35 to $60
$50$100$200facility $110professional $42

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$100.00

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Alaska than in South Carolina. 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.

Alabama· 28th of 51

$44.67

AK $100SC $37.15

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.