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.
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.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File 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 source file |
| Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 CHEST X-RAY: SINGLE VIEW | $136.34 | $209.75 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 CHEST X-RAY: SINGLE VIEW | $161.20 | $248.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
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 |