Bone scan cost in Kalispell, MT
In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine): from $1,161.88 to $1,494.84, with a median of $1,328.36. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health - Whitefish — $166.48 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $1,190.24 at 10 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 78306, 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 BONE SCAN, COMPLETE | $1,161.88 | $1,787.50 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 BONE SCAN, COMPLETE | $1,494.84 | $2,299.75 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,161.88, median $1,328.36, highest $1,494.84 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,328.36. 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 whole-body bone scan uses a small amount of radioactive tracer to find areas of increased bone activity, such as cancer spread, stress fractures and infections.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the tracer and the scan. The reading may be billed separately.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 78306 ($1,558.20). 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, MTBONE IMAGING WHOLE BODY | $62.40 | file |
| Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MTBONE IMAGING WHOLE BODY | $62.40 | file |