Scans and imaging CPT 72197 Outpatient

Pelvic MRI with contrast cost in Chester, MT

In Chester, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the pelvis without and with contrast: from $2,386.15 to $2,386.15, with a median of $2,386.15. Across Montana, the median is $2,775.51 at 20 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 72197, 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.

Lowest$2,386.15Logan Health - Chester
Median$2,386.15half pay less
Highest$2,386.15in 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 Chester, MT.

median
Lowest $2,386.15Highest $2,386.15

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health - Chester lowest Chester, MT · (406) 759-5181 MR Exam $2,386.15 $3,671.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Chester lowest Chester, MT · (406) 759-5181 MR Pelvis w/wo Contrast $2,386.15 $3,671.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Chester lowest Chester, MT · (406) 759-5181 MR Pelvis w/wo Contrast Limited $2,386.15 $3,671.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $2,386.15, median $2,386.15, highest $2,386.15.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,386.15. 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 pelvic MRI without and with contrast images the uterus, ovaries, prostate, bladder and rectum. It is used for tumors, fibroids and prostate cancer staging.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the scan and the contrast dye. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.

5 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 72197 ($2,825.93). 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 - Chester Chester, MTMR Pelvis w/wo Contrast - Report $161.20 file
Logan Health - Chester Chester, MTMR Pelvis w/wo Contrast Female - Report $161.20 file
Logan Health - Chester Chester, MTMR Sacrum w/wo Contrast - Report $161.20 file
Logan Health - Chester Chester, MTMR Prostate w/wo Contrast - Report $161.20 file
Logan Health - Chester Chester, MTMR Rectal w/wo Contrast - Report $161.20 file