Elbow X-ray (2 views) cost in Kalispell, MT
In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for elbow X-ray, 2 views: from $27.95 to $225.55, with a median of $126.75. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health Medical Center — $98.80 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $167.53 at 20 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 73070, 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 X-RAY EXAM OF ELBOW 2 VIEWS | $27.95 | $43.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 ELBOW, 2 VIEWS | $170.62 | $262.50 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 ELBOW, 2 VIEWS | $225.55 | $347.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health - Whitefish both sides Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 BILATERAL ELBOW 2 VIEWS | $236.76 | $364.25 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health Medical Center both sides Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 BILATERAL ELBOW 2 VIEWS | $270.89 | $416.75 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $27.95, median $126.75, highest $225.55 — a 8.1× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $236.76, median $253.83, highest $270.89 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $126.75. 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 two-view elbow X-ray takes a front and a side picture of the elbow joint. It is used after a fall or blow to the elbow to look for a fracture or dislocation.
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 73070 ($214.14). 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, MTXRAY ELBOW 2VW | $13.00 | file |
| Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MTXRAY ELBOW 2VW | $13.00 | file |