Doctor visits and therapy CPT 99281 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Level 1 ER visit cost in Cut Bank, MT — inpatient

In Cut Bank, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for emergency room visit, level 1 of 5, minor problem that may not need a doctor as an inpatient: from $136.34 to $136.34, with a median of $136.34. Across Montana, the median is $112.12 at 22 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 99281, 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$136.34Logan Health - Cut Bank
Median$136.34half pay less
Highest$136.34in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 99281 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT MAY NOT REQ PHYS/QHP $136.34 $209.75 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $136.34, median $136.34, highest $136.34.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $136.34 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

This is the lowest of five emergency department visit levels, used for a minor problem that needs little care. Since 2023 this level may apply even when no physician or similar clinician needs to see the patient. The level is assigned after the visit: doctors pick it by the complexity of their medical decision making, and hospitals pick the facility level by the care and resources used, so a patient cannot choose it in advance.

What the price covers

The hospital price for this code is the facility fee for the ER visit. The emergency physician bills separately, and lab tests, imaging, medicines and procedures are added on top.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 99281 ($206.92). 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 - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MT99281 ED PROF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT MAY NOT REQ PHYS/QHP $18.20 file