Scans and imaging CPT 78306 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Bone scan cost in Shelby, MT — inpatient

In Shelby, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine) as an inpatient: from $1,218.59 to $1,218.59, with a median of $1,218.59. Across Montana, the median is $1,190.24 at 10 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 78306, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,218.59Logan Health - Shelby
Median$1,218.59half pay less
Highest$1,218.59in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health - Shelby Shelby, MT · (406) 434-3200 NM Exam $1,218.59 $1,874.75 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $1,218.59, median $1,218.59, highest $1,218.59.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,218.59 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is 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 - Shelby Shelby, MTNM Bone Scan Total Body Planar - Report $62.40 file