Scans and imaging CPT 71045 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Chest X-ray, 1 view cost in Kalispell, MT — inpatient

In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for chest X-ray, single view as an inpatient: from $40.30 to $161.20, with a median of $100.75. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health Medical Center — $60.45 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $179.16 at 20 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 71045, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$40.30Logan Health Medical Center
Median$100.75half pay less
Highest$161.20in this market
Difference4.0×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 $40.30Highest $161.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health Medical Center lowest Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 X-RAY EXAM CHEST 1 VIEW $40.30 $62.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 CHEST X-RAY: SINGLE VIEW $136.34 $209.75 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 CHEST X-RAY: SINGLE VIEW $161.20 $248.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $40.30, median $100.75, highest $161.20 — a 4.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $100.75 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

A single-view chest X-ray takes one picture of the chest, usually from the front, to show the lungs and heart. It is often done in the emergency room or at the bedside with a portable machine, for example to check a breathing tube or follow up pneumonia.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers taking the X-ray. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 71045 ($212.20). 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, MTX-RAY EXAM CHEST 1 VIEW $13.65 file