Breast MRI, both breasts cost in Montana
In Montana, 7 hospitals publish a cash price for MRI of both breasts, without and then with contrast dye: from $1,118.49 to $2,881.64, with a median of $1,884.60. The lowest price is at Logan Health - Conrad (Conrad). The highest price is 2.6× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,884.60, is 11% below the US median of $2,110.75.
- That is 5.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($356.43).
- Montana ranks 12th of 31 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 77049. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$1,118.49Logan Health - Conrad
Median$1,884.60half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,881.64in Montana
Lowest saves$766.11vs the median
Hospitals in Montana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Health - Conrad lowest Conrad · Conrad, MT MR Exam | $1,118.49 | $1,720.75 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Patrick Hospital Missoula · Missoula, MT HC MRI BREAST W/O & W/ CONTRAST W/ CAD BIL | $1,331.20 | $1,664.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health - Chester Chester · Chester, MT MR Exam | $1,455.19 | $2,238.75 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Phillips County Hospital Assn Malta · Malta, MT MRI BREAST W/O C FLWD BY C W/CAD BILATER | $1,884.60 | $2,094.00 | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health - Shelby Shelby · Shelby, MT MR Exam | $2,005.74 | $3,085.75 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell · Kalispell, MT MRI, BREAST W/ & W/O CON, BIL | $2,717.00 | $4,180.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Peter's Health Helena · Helena, MT MAGNETIC RESONANCE TECHNOLOGY (MRT) - GENERAL CLASSIFICATION | $2,881.64 | $3,390.16 | Mar 16, 2026 source file |
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.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chester, MT | 1 | $1,455.19 | $1,455.19 |
| Conrad, MT | 1 | $1,118.49 | $1,118.49 |
| Helena, MT | 1 | $2,881.64 | $2,881.64 |
| Kalispell, MT | 1 | $2,717.00 | $2,717.00 |
| Malta, MT | 1 | $1,884.60 | $1,884.60 |
| Missoula, MT | 1 | $1,331.20 | $1,331.20 |
| Shelby, MT | 1 | $2,005.74 | $2,005.74 |
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 MRI, both breasts is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Breast MRI, both breasts explained.
MRI of both breasts, without and then with contrast dye in other states
- Alabama$2,331.89
- Alaska$4,843.35
- Arizona$1,893.85, 1 hospital
- Arkansas$1,513.20, 4 hospitals
- California$3,328.15
- Colorado$2,177.00, 4 hospitals
- Connecticut$2,148.71, 1 hospital
- Delaware$5,418.75, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$2,629.99, 2 hospitals
- Florida$3,730.35
- Georgia$3,798.00
- Hawaii$2,289.70, 4 hospitals
- Idaho$2,780.00
- Illinois$300.00
- Indiana$411.58
- Iowa$1,664.20
- Kansas$1,379.41
- Kentucky$467.79
- Louisiana$711.45, 2 hospitals
- Maine$2,528.50
- Maryland$1,005.24
- Massachusetts$2,448.60
- Michigan$2,735.00
- Minnesota$1,439.03
- Mississippi$2,331.89
- Missouri$1,785.00
- Nebraska$3,264.42
- Nevada$2,067.00, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$59,459.00, 2 hospitals
- New Mexico$706.52, 1 hospital
- New York$3,229.00
- North Carolina$4,774.56
- Ohio$3,889.60
- Oklahoma$1,812.17
- Oregon$2,274.00
- Pennsylvania$1,944.00
- Puerto Rico$3,150.00, 2 hospitals
- Tennessee$771.52
- Texas$1,357.00
- Washington$2,400.00
- West Virginia$1,989.00
- Wisconsin$4,869.23
- Wyoming$416.20, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.