# Bone density scan (DEXA), wrist, heel or finger in GA

Billing code `77081`. Prices for this code at 85 hospitals in GA, taken from the machine-readable standard charge files each hospital is required to publish under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR 180.50).

Source page: https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/bone-density-scan-dexa-wrist-heel-or-finger

Dxa bone density/peripheral

## Before quoting any figure below

- **Hospital charges only.** The surgeon, anaesthetist, radiologist and pathologist bill separately and appear in no hospital price file, by construction. Every figure below is part of a total, never the total.
- **A negotiated rate is not a bill.** It is what a hospital and an insurer agreed. What a patient owes depends on their deductible, coinsurance and out-of-pocket maximum.
- **Each hospital's figure is a median across its own plans.** The spread inside one hospital is often wider than the gap between two of them.
- **"not mentioned" is not $0.** It means this hospital's file does not label a row that way. Silence is not a statement that the charge does not exist.
- **A hospital absent from the table says nothing about its prices.** It may publish this code under a revenue or drug code this site cannot map to a procedure.

A procedure code is billed twice -- once by the hospital for its own costs, once by the doctor for their work -- and hospitals publish different sides of that split under the same code. Of the hospitals here, 37 publish a facility charge; 5 publish both, mixed together; 43 do not label which half the figure is.

## Typical price

|  | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cheapest tenth | $48 |
| Typical | $91 |
| Dearest tenth | $271 |

The cheapest and dearest tenth are the hospitals a tenth of the way in from each end, not the single cheapest and dearest. Every hospital, including both extremes, is in the table below.

That is a 6-fold difference for the same billing code -- a gap between hospitals, not between treatments.

## Every hospital publishing this code

| Hospital | Where | CMS rating | Typical | Facility charge | Physician fee | Self-pay | Lowest | Highest | Plans on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Health University Medical Center | SAVANNAH | 1/5 | $23 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,311 | $5 | $1,180 | 183 |
| Grady Memorial Hospital | ATLANTA | 2/5 | see split | $186 | $18 | $559 | $9 | $447 | 122 |
| Navicent Health Baldwin | MILLEDGEVILLE | 2/5 | see split | $86 | $24 | not published | $9 | $123 | 57 |
| Hamilton Medical Center | DALTON | 3/5 | $31 | $31 | not mentioned | not published | $29 | $34 | 2 |
| Memorial Satilla Health | WAYCROSS | 3/5 | $44 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $14 | $226 | 143 |
| Fairview Park Hospital | DUBLIN | 4/5 | $44 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,524 | $13 | $1,372 | 177 |
| Doctors Hospital | AUGUSTA | 3/5 | $48 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,460 | $14 | $1,314 | 189 |
| Emory University Hospital Midtown | ATLANTA | 2/5 | $48 | $48 | not mentioned | $237 | $33 | $200 | 19 |
| Emory University Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $48 | $48 | not mentioned | $237 | $33 | $200 | 19 |
| Emory Johns Creek Hospital | JOHNS CREEK | 4/5 | $48 | $48 | not mentioned | $237 | $33 | $200 | 19 |
| Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $48 | $48 | not mentioned | $237 | $33 | $200 | 19 |
| Emory Decatur Hospital | DECATUR | 2/5 | $48 | $48 | not mentioned | $237 | $33 | $200 | 19 |
| Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center | MACON | 2/5 | see split | $399 | $26 | $339 | $9 | $712 | 88 |
| Atrium Health Navicent Peach | BYRON | 1/5 | see split | $194 | $24 | $150 | $10 | $278 | 83 |
| Blue Ridge Medical Center | BLUE RIDGE | not rated | $59 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $178 | $20 | $297 | 396 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside | COLUMBUS | 5/5 | $70 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $135 | $35 | $381 | 19 |
| Jeff Davis Hospital | HAZLEHURST | not rated | $71 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $72 | $35 | $159 | 19 |
| WellStar Sylvan Grove Medical Center | JACKSON | not rated | $72 | $72 | not mentioned | $333 | $39 | $325 | 6 |
| St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare | COLUMBUS | 3/5 | $78 | $78 | not mentioned | not published | $13 | $191 | 11 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham | DEMOREST | 3/5 | $78 | $78 | not mentioned | $263 | $43 | $93 | 10 |
| Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins | WARNER ROBINS | 2/5 | $79 | $79 | not mentioned | $440 | $33 | $200 | 13 |
| Phoebe Sumter Medical Center | AMERICUS | 3/5 | $80 | $80 | not mentioned | not published | $76 | $133 | 7 |
| WellStar MCG Health, Affiliated with Med Col | AUGUSTA | 1/5 | $81 | $81 | not mentioned | $333 | $39 | $277 | 20 |
| Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia | RINGGOLD | 3/5 | $83 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $85 | $26 | $306 | 24 |
| AdventHealth Murray | CHATSWORTH | 5/5 | $83 | $83 | not mentioned | not published | $49 | $161 | 6 |
| SGMC Health | VALDOSTA | 2/5 | $83 | $83 | not mentioned | $162 | $60 | $99 | 4 |
| Jasper Memorial Hospital | MONTICELLO | not rated | $85 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $66 | $54 | $90 | 19 |
| Southern Regional Medical Center | RIVERDALE | 1/5 | $87 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $86 | $36 | $391 | 41 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center | ROME | 2/5 | $87 | $87 | not mentioned | not published | $82 | $172 | 16 |
| Piedmont Newnan Hospital | NEWNAN | 4/5 | $87 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $175 | $35 | $541 | 18 |
| Piedmont Macon North Hospital | MACON | 4/5 | $87 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $159 | $33 | $476 | 17 |
| Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center | CARTERSVILLE | 3/5 | $87 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $175 | $35 | $524 | 19 |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | ATHENS | 4/5 | $87 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $175 | $35 | $477 | 19 |
| Emory Hillandale Hospital | LITHONIA | 1/5 | $87 | $87 | not mentioned | $237 | $33 | $200 | 17 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center | GAINESVILLE | 3/5 | $87 | $87 | not mentioned | $263 | $43 | $93 | 9 |
| Coffee Regional Medical Center | DOUGLAS | 3/5 | see split | $204 | $31 | $304 | $29 | $425 | 76 |
| Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital | ALBANY | 2/5 | $88 | $88 | not mentioned | not published | $84 | $147 | 7 |
| Coliseum Medical Centers | MACON | 3/5 | $88 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $159 | $33 | $476 | 17 |
| NGMC Barrow | WINDER | 4/5 | $89 | $89 | not mentioned | $263 | $43 | $93 | 9 |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton | CARROLLTON | 2/5 | $89 | $89 | not mentioned | $95 | $87 | $96 | 10 |
| AdventHealth Gordon | CALHOUN | 3/5 | $90 | $90 | not mentioned | $950 | $49 | $175 | 7 |
| WellStar West Georgia Medical Center | LAGRANGE | 5/5 | $91 | $91 | not mentioned | $333 | $39 | $333 | 14 |
| SGMC Berrien Campus | NASHVILLE | not rated | $91 | $91 | not mentioned | $162 | $76 | $114 | 3 |
| WellStar Douglas Medical Center | DOUGLASVILLE | 3/5 | $92 | $92 | not mentioned | $333 | $39 | $333 | 13 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lumpkin | DAHLONEGA | 5/5 | $92 | $92 | not mentioned | $263 | $43 | $95 | 9 |
| WellStar Spalding Medical Center | GRIFFIN | 2/5 | $93 | $93 | not mentioned | $333 | $39 | $333 | 14 |
| WellStar North Fulton Medical Center | ROSWELL | 2/5 | $93 | $93 | not mentioned | $333 | $39 | $337 | 13 |
| WellStar Paulding Medical Center | HIRAM | 4/5 | $93 | $93 | not mentioned | $333 | $39 | $332 | 13 |
| WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center | MARIETTA | 4/5 | $93 | $93 | not mentioned | $333 | $39 | $332 | 13 |
| WellStar Cobb Medical Center | AUSTELL | 3/5 | $93 | $93 | not mentioned | $333 | $39 | $345 | 13 |
| Piedmont Fayette Hospital | FAYETTEVILLE | 3/5 | $98 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $175 | $35 | $495 | 18 |
| Piedmont Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $98 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $175 | $35 | $495 | 18 |
| Piedmont Henry Hospital | STOCKBRIDGE | 2/5 | $98 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $175 | $35 | $495 | 18 |
| Piedmont Newton Hospital | COVINGTON | 3/5 | $98 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $175 | $35 | $495 | 17 |
| Memorial Health Meadows Hospital | VIDALIA | 5/5 | $104 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $35 | $226 | 44 |
| Piedmont Rockdale Hospital | CONYERS | 3/5 | $105 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $175 | $35 | $436 | 18 |
| St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $107 | $107 | not mentioned | $66 | $76 | $207 | 9 |
| Candler Hospital | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $107 | $107 | not mentioned | $66 | $76 | $207 | 9 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center | CEDARTOWN | not rated | $110 | $110 | not mentioned | not published | $82 | $110 | 3 |
| Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus | SAINT MARYS | 4/5 | $112 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $9 | $158 | 32 |
| Morgan Medical Center | MADISON | not rated | $114 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $88 | $140 | 6 |
| Union General Hospital | BLAIRSVILLE | 3/5 | $114 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $135 | $38 | $230 | 18 |
| Dorminy Medical Center | FITZGERALD | not rated | $116 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $66 | $99 | $125 | 27 |
| Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus | BRUNSWICK | 2/5 | $116 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $9 | $158 | 32 |
| Chatuge Regional Hospital | HIAWASSEE | not rated | $119 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $113 | $50 | $192 | 18 |
| Piedmont Augusta Hospital | AUGUSTA | 2/5 | $123 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $135 | $25 | $404 | 24 |
| Piedmont Eastside Medical Center | SNELLVILLE | 2/5 | $129 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $175 | $35 | $524 | 18 |
| AdventHealth Redmond | ROME | 4/5 | $136 | $136 | not mentioned | $1,163 | $33 | $251 | 11 |
| Effingham Health System | SPRINGFIELD | not rated | $140 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $324 | $55 | $474 | 14 |
| University Mcduffie County Regional Medical Center | THOMSON | not rated | $188 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $135 | $72 | $404 | 18 |
| St Marys Good Samaritan Hospital | GREENSBORO | 4/5 | $199 | $199 | not mentioned | $183 | $61 | $253 | 109 |
| Wills Memorial Hospital | WASHINGTON | not rated | $204 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $227 | $201 | $275 | 14 |
| Donalsonville Hospital | DONALSONVILLE | not rated | $205 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $205 | $130 | $205 | 7 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown | COLUMBUS | 2/5 | $206 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $135 | $49 | $381 | 20 |
| St Mary's Hospital | ATHENS | 1/5 | $259 | $259 | not mentioned | $186 | $38 | $259 | 107 |
| Piedmont Walton Hospital | MONROE | 4/5 | $271 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $175 | $51 | $524 | 15 |
| Piedmont Mountainside Hospital | JASPER | 4/5 | $271 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $175 | $51 | $495 | 15 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite | ATLANTA | not rated | $311 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $453 | $189 | $453 | 28 |
| Athur M Blank Hospital | ATLANTA | not rated | $311 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $453 | $194 | $453 | 28 |
| Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center | LAVONIA | 3/5 | $419 | $419 | not mentioned | $162 | $44 | $419 | 104 |
| Northside Hospital Cherokee | CANTON | 4/5 | $437 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $656 | $22 | $874 | 136 |
| Northside Hospital | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $437 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $656 | $22 | $874 | 135 |
| Northside Hospital Forsyth | CUMMING | 4/5 | $449 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $656 | $22 | $874 | 134 |
| Northside Hospital Gwinnett | LAWRENCEVILLE | 3/5 | $481 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $656 | $22 | $874 | 141 |
| Northside Hospital Duluth | DULUTH | 4/5 | $481 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $656 | $22 | $874 | 141 |

## Self-pay

Self-pay is what the hospital charges someone paying themselves rather than through insurance. Paying self-pay usually does not count toward a deductible, so it can cost less for one service and more across a year. Every other figure here is what an insurer pays, not what a patient would.

At 13 of the 72 hospitals here that publish a self-pay price it is LOWER than what that same hospital typically accepts from an insurer; at the other 59 it is higher.

## The doctor's side, roughly

Nationally, Medicare allows about $9 for the clinician who performs or reads this service, across 812 billing providers in 2024. That is a separate bill from everything above and is NOT added to any figure on this page -- it is here to show the rough size of what a hospital price leaves out.

4 of these 85 hospitals have not published an updated price file in over a year, or do not say when they last did. Hospitals are required to update at least annually, so those figures may not reflect what they charge now: Jeff Davis Hospital, Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus, Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus, Donalsonville Hospital.

## Others in imaging & radiology

- [CT scan, head, without contrast](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/ct-scan-head-without-contrast) -- 116 hospitals, typically $392
- [X-ray, chest, 2 views](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/x-ray-chest-2-views) -- 115 hospitals, typically $93
- [CT scan, head, with and without contrast](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/ct-scan-head-with-and-without-contrast) -- 115 hospitals, typically $521
- [X-ray, chest, 1 view](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/x-ray-chest-1-view) -- 115 hospitals, typically $87
- [X-ray, neck spine, 2-3 views](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/x-ray-neck-spine-2-3-views) -- 115 hospitals, typically $106
- [X-ray, lower back spine, 4 or more views](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/x-ray-lower-back-spine-4-or-more-views) -- 115 hospitals, typically $143
- [X-ray, pelvis](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/x-ray-pelvis) -- 115 hospitals, typically $107
- [X-ray, tailbone](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/x-ray-tailbone) -- 115 hospitals, typically $98

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Every procedure with a published price in GA: https://clearcharge.org/price/ga
Prices that look wrong: info@clearcharge.org

Compiled by Clearcharge (clearcharge.org) from each hospital's machine-readable standard-charge file. When quoting a figure, cite the source page above. The hospital files behind these figures state data through dates from 2024-07-01 to 2026-07-28; per-hospital staleness is flagged above.