Chest CT scan cost in Kalispell, MT
In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for diagnostic CT scan of the chest, no contrast dye: from $860.44 to $975.81, with a median of $918.13. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health Medical Center — $57.69 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $1,313.85 at 21 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 71250, 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 CT CHEST W/O | $860.44 | $1,323.75 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health Medical Center lowest Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 CT CHEST W/O: TRAUMA | $860.44 | $1,323.75 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 CT CHEST W/O | $975.81 | $1,501.25 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $860.44, median $918.13, highest $975.81 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $918.13. 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
A chest CT uses X-rays and a computer to make detailed cross-section pictures of the lungs, airways and chest. Without contrast dye it is often used to follow up a lung nodule, look at lung disease or check an abnormal chest X-ray.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the scan. 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 71250 ($1,192.75). 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 THORAX DX C- | $79.30 | file |
| Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MTCT THORAX DX C- | $79.30 | file |