Cheapest hospitals in Montana without insurance
Of 29 hospitals in Montana we can compare, Logan Health Medical Center (Kalispell) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 46% below the Montana median across 405 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all Montana hospitals, procedure by procedure.
Collected Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell | 46% below | 330 of 405 | 64 of 405 |
| 2. Sidney Health Center Sidney | 35% below | 433 of 505 | 56 of 505 |
| 3. Providence St Joseph Medical Center Polson | 30% below | 365 of 470 | 95 of 470 |
| 4. Big Sandy Medical Center Big Sandy | 26% below | 213 of 284 | 69 of 284 |
| 5. Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish | 22% below | 170 of 233 | 60 of 233 |
| 6. St. Peter's Health Helena | 17% below | 274 of 431 | 144 of 431 |
| 7. Granite County Medical Center Philipsburg | 12% below | 157 of 235 | 73 of 235 |
| 8. Deaconess Regional Medical Center Bozeman | 9% below | 305 of 500 | 145 of 500 |
| 9. Logan Health - Chester Chester | 9% below | 206 of 322 | 75 of 322 |
| 10. St. Patrick Hospital Missoula | 8% below | 204 of 345 | 129 of 345 |
| 11. Billings Clinic Broadwater Townsend | 8% below | 184 of 287 | 88 of 287 |
| 12. Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank | 8% below | 232 of 359 | 95 of 359 |
| 13. Community Hospital of Anaconda Anaconda | 6% below | 216 of 369 | 142 of 369 |
| 14. Logan Health - Shelby Shelby | 5% below | 195 of 346 | 115 of 346 |
| 15. Big Sky Medical Center Big Sky | at median | 214 of 479 | 214 of 479 |
| 16. Logan Health - Conrad Conrad | at median | 155 of 336 | 147 of 336 |
| 17. Mineral Community Hospital East Superior | 2% above | 85 of 199 | 107 of 199 |
| 18. Stillwater Billings Clinic Columbus | 13% above | 96 of 308 | 201 of 308 |
| 19. Barrett Hospital & Healthcare Dillon | 13% above | 70 of 369 | 287 of 369 |
| 20. Poplar Community Hospital Poplar | 15% above | 82 of 303 | 195 of 303 |
| 21. Trinity Hospital Wolf Point | 15% above | 82 of 303 | 195 of 303 |
| 22. Mountainview Medical Center White Sulphur Springs | 16% above | 75 of 258 | 178 of 258 |
| 23. Phillips County Hospital Assn Malta | 18% above | 79 of 304 | 220 of 304 |
| 24. Livingston HealthCare Livingston | 29% above | 66 of 332 | 254 of 332 |
| 25. Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital Glasgow | 34% above | 21 of 339 | 315 of 339 |
| 26. Great Falls Clinic Hospital Great Falls | 36% above | 135 of 386 | 251 of 386 |
| 27. Roundup Memorial Healthcare Roundup | 42% above | 34 of 253 | 218 of 253 |
| 28. Sheridan Memorial Hospital Plentywood | 73% above | 26 of 280 | 253 of 280 |
| 29. Daniels Memorial Hospital Scobey | 74% above | 21 of 358 | 335 of 358 |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Typical price The median of this hospital's cash prices divided by the state median for the same codes: below means cheaper than a typical hospital in the state.
Below median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is cheaper than the state median.
Above median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is more expensive than the state median.
Not in the ranking: Beartooth Billings Clinic (Red Lodge), Big Sky Rehabilitation Hospital (Billings), Community Medical Center (Missoula), McCone County Health Center (Circle), St Luke Community Hospital and Nursing Home (Ronan) — their price files list no cash price (all US hospitals without one).
Procedure costs in Montana
- MRI cost
- CT scan cost
- X-ray cost
- Ultrasound cost
- ER visit cost
- Blood test cost
- STD test cost
- Colonoscopy cost
- Doctor visit cost
- Annual physical cost
- Physical therapy cost
- Mammogram cost
- Heart test cost
- Therapy session cost
- Sleep study cost
- Flu shot cost
- COVID-19 vaccine cost
- Vaccine cost
- Childhood vaccine cost
- Stitches cost
- Mole removal cost
- Cortisone shot cost
- Hysterectomy cost
- Joint replacement cost
- Knee arthroscopy cost
- Cataract surgery cost
- Hernia repair cost
- Gallbladder removal cost
- Appendectomy cost
- Tonsillectomy cost
- Upper endoscopy cost
- Lumbar discectomy cost
- Spinal fusion cost
- Thyroid surgery cost
- Hand surgery cost
- Coronary calcium score cost
- Nuclear stress test cost
- Vasectomy cost
- Circumcision cost
- Septoplasty cost
- Strep test cost
- Earwax removal cost
- Bone density scan cost
- Cholesterol test (lipid panel) cost
- Complete blood count (CBC) cost
- Cardioversion cost
How the ranking works
- For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all Montana hospitals that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
- "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
- Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
- Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
- A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.