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Bone Microarchitecture Score Calculation

Louisiana 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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$45.71$36.31 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$57.54 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $0 to $200Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $31 to $66
$0.1$1$10$100facility $66professional $46

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
$57.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$66.07
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$72.44

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$50.12

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.