Specialist consult, extended cost in Montana
In Montana, 10 hospitals publish a cash price for specialist consultation, moderate complexity or 40+ minutes: from $65.55 to $709.75, with a median of $387.41. The lowest price is at Barrett Hospital & Healthcare (Dillon). The highest price is 10.8× the lowest.
- The median here, $387.41, is 76% above the US median of $219.70.
- Montana ranks 32nd of 35 states by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 10 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 99244. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 30, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$65.55Barrett Hospital & Healthcare
Median$387.41half of hospitals charge less
Highest$709.75in Montana
Lowest saves$321.86vs the median
Hospitals in Montana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrett Hospital & Healthcare lowest Dillon · Dillon, MT Office or other outpatient consultation with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more | $65.55 | $69.00 | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Providence St Joseph Medical Center Polson · Polson, MT HC PR 99244 OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT MOD MDM 40 MINUTES CDM | $219.20 | $274.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Patrick Hospital Missoula · Missoula, MT HC PR 99244 OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT MOD MDM 40 MINUTES CDM | $277.60 | $347.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sidney Health Center Sidney · Sidney, MT OFFICE OP CONSULT NEW/EST MOD MDM 40 MIN | $358.52 | $579.00 | Apr 30, 2026 source file |
| Livingston HealthCare Livingston · Livingston, MT Office or other outpatient consultation with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more | $363.85 | $383.00 | Jun 25, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank · Cut Bank, MT 99244 OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT MOD MDM 40 MINUTES | $410.96 | $632.25 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stillwater Billings Clinic Columbus · Billings, MT Office or other outpatient consultation with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more | $460.00 | $460.00 | Dec 19, 2025 source file |
| Deaconess Regional Medical Center Bozeman · Bozeman, MT HC PF FAC OFFICE CONSULT LVL 4 | $494.40 | $618.00 | Jan 16, 2026 source file |
| Big Sky Medical Center Big Sky · Bozeman, MT PR OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT MOD MDM 40 MINUTES | $531.20 | $664.00 | Jan 15, 2026 source file |
| Daniels Memorial Hospital Scobey · Scobey, MT Office or other outpatient consultation with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more | $709.75 | $835.00 | Sep 10, 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.
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 area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bozeman, MT | 2 | $494.40 | $512.80 |
| Billings, MT | 1 | $460.00 | $460.00 |
| Cut Bank, MT | 1 | $410.96 | $410.96 |
| Dillon, MT | 1 | $65.55 | $65.55 |
| Livingston, MT | 1 | $363.85 | $363.85 |
| Missoula, MT | 1 | $277.60 | $277.60 |
| Polson, MT | 1 | $219.20 | $219.20 |
| Scobey, MT | 1 | $709.75 | $709.75 |
| Sidney, MT | 1 | $358.52 | $358.52 |
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 specialist consult, extended is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Specialist consult, extended explained.
Specialist consultation, moderate complexity or 40+ minutes in other states
- Alabama$160.39
- Alaska$516.36, 3 hospitals
- Arizona$133.25
- Arkansas$135.20
- California$202.50
- Colorado$144.31
- Connecticut$500.00
- District of Columbia$93.50, 1 hospital
- Florida$45.60
- Georgia$673.00
- Hawaii$389.68, 2 hospitals
- Idaho$286.41, 3 hospitals
- Illinois$242.50
- Indiana$242.20
- Iowa$294.40
- Kansas$266.05
- Kentucky$170.40
- Louisiana$152.01
- Maine$64.17
- Maryland$495.90, 2 hospitals
- Massachusetts$237.00
- Michigan$225.73
- Minnesota$197.79
- Mississippi$159.56
- Missouri$267.25
- Nebraska$338.88, 2 hospitals
- Nevada$352.50, 2 hospitals
- New Hampshire$80.50, 4 hospitals
- New Jersey$47.30
- New Mexico$339.94, 2 hospitals
- New York$298.91
- North Dakota$323.80
- Ohio$147.33
- Oklahoma$96.48
- Oregon$462.00
- Pennsylvania$260.00
- Puerto Rico$783.25, 4 hospitals
- South Carolina$246.83
- South Dakota$461.10, 4 hospitals
- Tennessee$89.98
- Texas$162.32
- Vermont$213.75, 4 hospitals
- Virginia$459.62, 4 hospitals
- Washington$252.70
- West Virginia$99.25
- Wisconsin$320.45
- Wyoming$248.32
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.