EEG cost in Montana
In Montana, 7 hospitals publish a cash price for EEG (brain wave test), awake and drowsy, routine: from $342.42 to $1,380.00, with a median of $797.60. The lowest price is at Sidney Health Center (Sidney). The highest price is 4.0× the lowest.
- The median here, $797.60, is 7% above the US median of $747.58.
- That is 3.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($220.60).
- Montana ranks 29th of 49 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 95816. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$342.42Sidney Health Center
Median$797.60half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,380.00in Montana
Lowest saves$455.18vs the median
Hospitals in Montana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Health Center lowest Sidney · Sidney, MT PF 95816 EEG AWAKE DROWSY | $342.42 | $553.00 | Apr 30, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell · Kalispell, MT EEG AWAKE AND DROWSY | $475.48 | $731.50 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health - Conrad Conrad · Conrad, MT 95816 Eeg W/Rec Awake&Drowsy | $766.84 | $1,179.75 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Patrick Hospital Missoula · Missoula, MT HC ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM W/REC AWAKE&DROWSY | $797.60 | $997.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Big Sky Medical Center Big Sky · Bozeman, MT PR ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM W/REC AWAKE&DROWSY | $934.40 | $1,168.00 | Jan 15, 2026 source file |
| St. Peter's Health Helena · Helena, MT EEG (ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM) - GENERAL CLASSIFICATION | $1,137.54 | $1,338.28 | Mar 16, 2026 source file |
| Deaconess Regional Medical Center Bozeman · Bozeman, MT HC PF ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) WAWAKE & DROWSY RECORD | $1,380.00 | $1,725.00 | Jan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bozeman, MT | 2 | $934.40 | $1,157.20 |
| Conrad, MT | 1 | $766.84 | $766.84 |
| Helena, MT | 1 | $1,137.54 | $1,137.54 |
| Kalispell, MT | 1 | $475.48 | $475.48 |
| Missoula, MT | 1 | $797.60 | $797.60 |
| Sidney, MT | 1 | $342.42 | $342.42 |
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 EEG is, what the price covers and why prices differ: EEG explained.
EEG (brain wave test), awake and drowsy, routine in other states
- Alabama$627.37
- Alaska$1,184.89
- Arizona$586.56
- Arkansas$344.92
- California$1,026.00
- Colorado$3,585.15
- Connecticut$1,252.20
- Delaware$971.04
- District of Columbia$1,000.00, 3 hospitals
- Florida$1,510.65
- Georgia$594.75
- Hawaii$836.50
- Idaho$1,008.15
- Illinois$870.00
- Indiana$684.80
- Iowa$644.75
- Kansas$642.03
- Kentucky$585.92
- Louisiana$306.88
- Maine$353.43
- Maryland$1,277.11
- Massachusetts$869.65
- Michigan$776.55
- Minnesota$523.59
- Mississippi$321.20
- Missouri$747.50
- Nebraska$672.41
- Nevada$597.00
- New Hampshire$824.73
- New Jersey$344.98
- New Mexico$899.50
- New York$688.57
- North Carolina$807.19
- North Dakota$638.40
- Ohio$955.40
- Oklahoma$536.23
- Oregon$898.76
- Pennsylvania$760.50
- Puerto Rico$330.32, 2 hospitals
- Rhode Island$870.00
- South Carolina$753.60
- South Dakota$1,009.60
- Tennessee$297.48
- Texas$954.14
- Utah$1,012.51
- Vermont$542.47
- Virginia$564.50
- Washington$773.48
- West Virginia$622.00
- Wisconsin$660.08
- Wyoming$779.83, 4 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.