Knee MRI cost in Kalispell, MT
In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye: from $1,113.78 to $1,184.30, with a median of $1,149.04. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health Medical Center — $35.26 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $1,730.80 at 18 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 73721, 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 MRI LOWER EXT/JOINT W/O | $1,113.78 | $1,713.50 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 MRI LOWER EXT/JOINT W/O | $1,184.30 | $1,822.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health - Whitefish both sides Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 MRI LOWER EXT/JOINT W/O BILAT | $1,484.60 | $2,284.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,113.78, median $1,149.04, highest $1,184.30 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $1,484.60, median $1,484.60, highest $1,484.60.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,149.04. 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 a lower-limb joint makes detailed pictures of the joint, usually the knee, though the code also covers the hip and ankle. It shows ligaments, cartilage, the meniscus and tendons that do 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 73721 ($1,743.38). 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 JNT OF LWR EXTRE W/O DYE | $99.45 | file |
| Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MTMRI JNT OF LWR EXTRE W/O DYE | $99.45 | file |