Scans and imaging CPT 71046 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Chest X-ray cost in Cut Bank, MT — inpatient

In Cut Bank, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for chest X-ray, 2 views as an inpatient: from $198.90 to $198.90, with a median of $198.90. Across Montana, the median is $191.44 at 20 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 71046, 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$198.90Logan Health - Cut Bank
Median$198.90half pay less
Highest$198.90in this market
Difference1.0×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 Cut Bank, MT.

median
Lowest $198.90Highest $198.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health - Cut Bank lowest Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 XR Exam $198.90 $306.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Cut Bank lowest Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 OR Exam $198.90 $306.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Cut Bank lowest Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 XR Chest PA and Lateral $198.90 $306.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $198.90, median $198.90, highest $198.90.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $198.90 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.

3 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 - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MTXR Chest PA and Lateral - Report $16.25 file
Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MTOR Chest Two View - Report $16.25 file
Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MTXR Chest Inspiration and Expiration - Report $16.25 file