How much does DEXA bone density scan cost in California?
CPT 77080 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for California.
Estimates only. Educational estimates from public Medicare
benchmarks and hospital-published prices — not a guarantee, and not legal, medical, or financial advice.
77080 DEXA bone density scan
Ask to pay
$213
About 2.0× what Medicare pays — most hospitals accept a self-pay rate in this range.
Typical
$364
Medicare $106
Ask $213
$6 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $1,219
What Medicare paysⓘ
$106
Typical price near you
$364
Cash / self-pay price
$457
Prices near you — 87 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $6cash | 0.1× | — |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) | Hospital | $67cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $70negotiated | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) | Hospital | $70negotiated | 0.7× | — |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $75cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $115cash | 1.1× | — |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $127cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $127cash | 1.2× | — |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $127cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $127cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $127cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $128cash | 1.2× | — |
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) | Hospital | $130cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) | Hospital | $133cash | 1.3× | — |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $134negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $136negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $141negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino) | Hospital | $142cash | 1.3× | — |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $143negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $144negotiated | 1.4× | — |
| Dignity California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $153cash | 1.4× | — |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) | Hospital | $166negotiated | 1.6× | — |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $167negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $179negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $179negotiated | 1.7× | — |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $182negotiated | 1.7× | — |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $182negotiated | 1.7× | — |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley (Simi Valley) | Hospital | $215cash | 2.0× | — |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $233cash | 2.2× | — |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $235cash | 2.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City) | Hospital | $236cash | 2.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $248cash | 2.3× | — |
| Dignity St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) | Hospital | $252cash | 2.4× | — |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $253cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento) | Hospital | $256cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $258cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $275cash | 2.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $282cash | 2.7× | — |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $298cash | 2.8× | — |
| Dignity Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael) | Hospital | $322cash | 3.0× | — |
| Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto) | Hospital | $324cash | 3.0× | — |
| Dignity St. Mary Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $347cash | 3.3× | — |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $363cash | 3.4× | — |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $364cash | 3.4× | — |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $364cash | 3.4× | — |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $364cash | 3.4× | ★★★★★ |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $421cash | 4.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) | Hospital | $447cash | 4.2× | — |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $449cash | 4.2× | — |
| John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center (Walnut Creek) | Hospital | $457cash | 4.3× | ★★★★★ |
| John Muir Health Concord Medical Center (Concord) | Hospital | $457cash | 4.3× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $473cash | 4.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $473cash | 4.4× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $473cash | 4.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $482cash | 4.5× | — |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $482cash | 4.5× | — |
| Dignity Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge) | Hospital | $486cash | 4.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $504cash | 4.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $504cash | 4.7× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $504cash | 4.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $521cash | 4.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $531cash | 5.0× | — |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $553cash | 5.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $607cash | 5.7× | — |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $618cash | 5.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $646cash | 6.1× | — |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) | Hospital | $646cash | 6.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) | Hospital | $646cash | 6.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $646cash | 6.1× | ★★★★★ |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $721cash | 6.8× | — |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $850cash | 8.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $884cash | 8.3× | — |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) | Hospital | $911cash | 8.6× | — |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $913cash | 8.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $913cash | 8.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $913cash | 8.6× | — |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) | Hospital | $913cash | 8.6× | — |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $913cash | 8.6× | — |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) | Hospital | $992cash | 9.3× | — |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $1,018cash | 9.6× | — |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $1,115cash | 10.5× | — |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $1,115cash | 10.5× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $1,115cash | 10.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) | Hospital | $1,128cash | 10.6× | — |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) | Hospital | $1,130cash | 10.6× | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $1,144cash | 10.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) | Hospital | $1,219cash | 11.5× | — |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 1 unusually low/high price excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- For 77080 (DEXA bone density scan), Medicare's benchmark rate is $106.34. A fair self-pay target for this line is $212.68. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 77080 is $456.75, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $165.83–$646.50. Please apply a rate in that range to my bill rather than the gross charge.
- Please send a fully itemized bill listing every CPT/HCPCS/DRG code and its individual charge, so I can review each line against published rates.
- Separately, what is your financial assistance / charity care policy, and am I eligible? Please send me the application and the income thresholds.
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What should 77080 cost in California?
For DEXA bone density scan (CPT 77080) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $364, with hospitals ranging from $166 to $646 across 87 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $106, the floor to negotiate toward. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does DEXA bone density scan cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for DEXA bone density scan (CPT 77080) in California is around $364, with hospital prices ranging from $166 to $646 across 87 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 77080?
Medicare pays about $106 for DEXA bone density scan (CPT 77080). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of DEXA bone density scan?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.