Chest X-ray cost in Kalispell, MT
In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for chest X-ray, 2 views: from $142.84 to $171.76, with a median of $157.30. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health Medical Center — $14.46 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $191.44 at 20 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 71046, 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.
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 CHEST X-RAY: 2 VIEWS | $142.84 | $219.75 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 CHEST X-RAY: 2 VIEWS | $171.76 | $264.25 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $142.84, median $157.30, highest $171.76 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $157.30. 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
A chest X-ray with two views, usually one from the front and one from the side, shows the lungs, heart size and the bones of the chest. It is ordered for cough, shortness of breath, suspected pneumonia, chest pain and some pre-employment or pre-surgery checks.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers taking the X-ray. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 71046 ($249.06). 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 2 VIEWS | $16.25 | file |
| Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MTX-RAY EXAM CHEST 2 VIEWS | $16.25 | file |