Bone density scan (DEXA) cost in San Francisco, CA

DEXA scan of the hips and spine to check for osteoporosis. Prices below are cash prices published by 10 hospitals within 25 miles of San Francisco.

Lowest published price$434
Typical price (median)$444
Highest published price$982
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Lowest prices near San Francisco

  • Alameda Hospital

    Alameda · 8.5 mi

    $434

    cash

  • Highland Hospital

    Oakland · 11.6 mi

    $434

    cash

  • San Leandro Hospital

    San Leandro · 16.9 mi

    $434

    cash

  • Priscilla Chan & Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center

    San Francisco · 1.7 mi

    $437

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center

    Walnut Creek · 23.7 mi

    $442

    cash

  • UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

    Oakland · 9.5 mi

    $446

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital

    San Francisco · 1.2 mi

    $473

    cash

  • UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital

    San Francisco · 1.2 mi

    $557

    cash

  • Kindred Hospital San Francisco Bay Area

    San Leandro · 14.8 mi

    $758

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • Chinese Hospital

    1.8 mi

    $982

    cash

How to use these prices

A cash price is what the hospital says it charges patients who pay for themselves. An insured average is what insurance plans pay on average, which is a useful guide when a hospital doesn’t list a cash price. Ask the hospital for its self-pay price before you book, and for a written Good Faith Estimate.

For your doctor’s office: these prices are for billing code CPT 77080.

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These are estimates from prices hospitals publish under federal price transparency rules, from files dated Feb 2026. They are not a quote or a bill, and the hospital may charge a different amount. “Lowest” means the lowest published price we found, not a guaranteed price.

If you are uninsured or paying cash, you have the right to a written Good Faith Estimate from the provider before you schedule care, and you can dispute a bill that comes in $400 or more above it.

Your provider may bill a different code for the same visit. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. More about these prices