Scans and imaging CPT 70460 Outpatient

Head CT with contrast cost in Kalispell, MT

In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the head with contrast: from $898.62 to $1,073.64, with a median of $986.13. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health - Whitefish — $87.51 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $1,337.05 at 21 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 70460, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$898.62Logan Health - Whitefish
Median$986.13half pay less
Highest$1,073.64in this market
Difference1.2×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Kalispell, MT.

median
Lowest $898.62Highest $1,073.64

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health - Whitefish lowest Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 CT HEAD W/ $898.62 $1,382.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 CT HEAD W/ $1,073.64 $1,651.75 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $898.62, median $986.13, highest $1,073.64 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $986.13. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

This head CT uses contrast dye through a vein to show blood vessels, tumors and infections of the brain better.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the scan and the contrast dye. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70460 ($1,527.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MTCT HEAD/BRAIN W/DYE $83.20 file
Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MTCT HEAD/BRAIN W/DYE $83.20 file