Shoulder MRI cost in Chester, MT
In Chester, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the shoulder, elbow or wrist joint, no contrast dye: from $1,367.92 to $1,367.92, with a median of $1,367.92. Across Montana, the median is $1,552.18 at 18 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Chester, MT.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Health - Chester lowest Chester, MT · (406) 759-5181 MR Joint Upper wo Contrast Limited L | $1,367.92 | $2,104.50 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health - Chester lowest Chester, MT · (406) 759-5181 MR Joint Upper wo Contrast Limited R | $1,367.92 | $2,104.50 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health - Chester lowest Chester, MT · (406) 759-5181 MR Exam | $1,367.92 | $2,104.50 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,367.92, median $1,367.92, highest $1,367.92.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,367.92. 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.
8 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 - Chester Chester, MTMR Elbow wo Contrast R - Report | $100.10 | file |
| Logan Health - Chester Chester, MTMR Elbow wo Contrast L - Report | $100.10 | file |
| Logan Health - Chester Chester, MTMR Wrist wo Contrast R - Report | $100.10 | file |
| Logan Health - Chester Chester, MTMR Joint Upper w/o Contrast L - Report | $100.10 | file |
| Logan Health - Chester Chester, MTMR Joint Upper w/o Contrast R - Report | $100.10 | file |
| Logan Health - Chester Chester, MTMR Wrist wo Contrast L - Report | $100.10 | file |
| Logan Health - Chester Chester, MTMR Shoulder wo Contrast L - Report | $100.10 | file |
| Logan Health - Chester Chester, MTMR Shoulder wo Contrast R - Report | $100.10 | file |