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Montana Hospital Price Report

What hospitals charge for shoppable care across Montana — drawn from 23 hospitals' machine-readable files. Figures are medians with robust 10th–90th-percentile ranges across hospitals in the state.

The same procedure, wildly different prices

Even within Montana, the negotiated price at a pricier hospital can be many times what a cheaper one charges — for the same service.

ProcedureTypical range (10th–90th pct)MedianHospitals
Allergy Skin Testing$11 – $1,860$8957
IUD Insertion$56 – $2,226$9813
Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy (Under Age 12)$385 – $10,466$5,9769
Skin Lesion Removal (Benign, up to 0.5 cm)$130 – $2,561$47915
Newborn Circumcision$166 – $3,109$2,07811
Laparoscopic Appendectomy$967 – $17,007$5,88811
Laparoscopic Gallbladder Removal$1,047 – $17,007$5,88811
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel$12 – $188$11722

Cash can beat the list price

The “gross” charge is the hospital's list price; the cash price is what many will accept from a self-pay patient. For these procedures in Montana, the cash price is a fraction of the list price.

ProcedureCash (median)Gross / list (median)
Group Therapy Session$68$124
Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Treatment$2,156$3,188
Pulmonary Function Test with Bronchodilator$377$545
PET/CT Scan, Whole Body$4,475$6,412
Spirometry (Breathing Test)$155$221
HIV Antibody Test$86$123

The most expensive shoppable procedures in Montana

ProcedureMedian negotiatedHospitals
Cardiac Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation$33,0188
Lumbar Spinal Fusion (Posterior)$19,0179
Cervical Spinal Fusion (Anterior)$13,4708
Total Hip Replacement$13,43011
Total Knee Replacement$13,43011
Coronary Angioplasty with Stent$12,0028

Medians and percentiles are computed across each hospital's representative facility price, from its latest machine-readable file. See methodology for how prices are derived.

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