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Surgery and procedures CPT 19081 Montana Outpatient

Breast biopsy, stereotactic cost in Montana

In Montana, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for breast needle biopsy guided by mammogram (stereotactic), with marker clip, first lesion: from $1,003.11 to $3,280.00, with a median of $2,151.05. The lowest price is at Sidney Health Center (Sidney). The highest price is 3.3× the lowest.

  • The median here, $2,151.05, is 24% below the US median of $2,815.00.
  • Montana ranks 11th of 49 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 1 of 6 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 19081. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 27, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$1,003.11Sidney Health Center
Median$2,151.05half of hospitals charge less
Highest$3,280.00in Montana
Lowest saves$1,147.94vs the median

Hospitals in Montana, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Sidney Health Center lowest Sidney · Sidney, MT SURG 19081 BX BREAST W DVC STEREOTACTIC 1ST LSN $1,003.11 $1,620.00 Apr 30, 2026
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St. Peter's Health Helena · Helena, MT HC BX BREAST 1ST LESION STEREO $1,191.95 $1,402.29 Mar 16, 2026
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Providence St Joseph Medical Center Polson · Polson, MT HC BX BREAST 1ST LESION STEREO $1,720.00 $2,150.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Barrett Hospital & Healthcare Dillon · Dillon, MT Biopsy of breast and placement of locating device using X-ray with needle, first growth $2,582.10 $2,718.00 Jun 12, 2026
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St. Patrick Hospital Missoula · Missoula, MT HC BX BREAST 1ST LESION STEREO $2,821.60 $3,527.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Great Falls Clinic Hospital one side Great Falls · Great Falls, MT BIOPSY OF BREAST AND PLACEMENT OF LOCATING DEVICE USING X-RAY WITH NEEDLE; FIRST GROWTH $3,280.00 $3,280.00 Feb 18, 2026
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Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Dillon, MT 1 $2,582.10 $2,582.10
Great Falls, MT 1 $3,280.00 $3,280.00
Helena, MT 1 $1,191.95 $1,191.95
Missoula, MT 1 $2,821.60 $2,821.60
Polson, MT 1 $1,720.00 $1,720.00
Sidney, MT 1 $1,003.11 $1,003.11
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What breast biopsy, stereotactic is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Breast biopsy, stereotactic explained.

Breast needle biopsy guided by mammogram (stereotactic), with marker clip, first lesion in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.