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Bone Microarchitecture Score Calculation

Montana 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 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 6 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$44.67$40.74 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$67.61 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $48 to $151Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $33 to $107
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $69professional $45

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$112.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$74.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$74.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$93.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$95.50

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 24th of 51

$45.71

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.