Shoulder MRI cost in Kalispell, MT
In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the shoulder, elbow or wrist joint, no contrast dye: from $1,122.39 to $1,127.75, with a median of $1,125.07. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health - Whitefish — $2.68 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $1,552.18 at 18 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 73221, 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 - Whitefish lowest Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 MRI UPPER EXT/JOINT W/O | $1,122.39 | $1,726.75 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 MRI UPPER EXT/JOINT W/O | $1,127.75 | $1,735.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health - Whitefish both sides Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 MRI UPPER EXT/JOINT W/O BILAT | $1,809.60 | $2,784.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,122.39, median $1,125.07, highest $1,127.75.
Both sides : lowest $1,809.60, median $1,809.60, highest $1,809.60.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,125.07. 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
An MRI of an upper-limb joint makes detailed pictures of one joint, most often the shoulder, though the code also covers the elbow and wrist. It shows tendons, ligaments, cartilage and the labrum, such as a rotator cuff tear that does not show on X-rays. No contrast dye is used.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the scan of one joint. 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 73221 ($1,788.37). 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, MTMRI JOINT UPR EXTREM W/O DYE | $100.10 | file |
| Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MTMRI JOINT UPR EXTREM W/O DYE | $100.10 | file |