CT angiography of the head cost in Montana

Prices at 19 hospitals in Montana, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $1,850 — about the US median ($1,811), roughly 6.8× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Big Horn Hospital Hardin, MT $806 $882 — 140 min —
Benefis Hospitals Inc Great Falls, MT $1,189 $1,902 ★ 2/5 186 min —
Missouri River Medical Center Fort Benton, MT $1,189 $1,902 — 106 min —
St Peters Health Helena, MT $1,240 $215 ★ 3/5 179 min —
Sidney Health Center Sidney, MT $1,287 $485 ★ 3/5 152 min —
Great Falls Clinic Hospital Great Falls, MT $1,333 $259 ★ 2/5 140 min —
Billings Clinic Billings, MT $1,452 — ★ 4/5 176 min —
Billings Clinic Broadwater Townsend, MT $1,452 — — 76 min —
Clark Fork Valley Hospital Plains, MT $1,850 $1,850 — 148 min —
Rosebud Health Care Center Forsyth, MT $1,857 $1,820 — 97 min —
Phillips County Hospital-CAH Malta, MT $1,957 — — 78 min —
Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital Bozeman, MT $2,315 $187 ★ 4/5 142 min —
Poplar Community Hospital Poplar, MT $2,421 $3,066 — 89 min —
Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association Inc Ekalaka, MT $2,431 $3,092 — 129 min —
Roosevelt Medical Center Culbertson, MT $2,580 $2,528 — 100 min —
Deer Lodge Medical Center Deer Lodge, MT $2,608 $2,752 — 122 min —
Fallon Medical Complex Hospital Baker, MT $3,583 $463 — 102 min —
Bozeman Health Big Sky Medical Center Big Sky, MT $3,993 $187 — 107 min —

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated October 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$1,981
Cash / self-pay
$1,850
Insurer-negotiated
$1,351
Medicare pays
$274
$1,112$2,803
Median cash $1,850  ·  Medicare $274  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $1,850 — about 6.8× the Medicare rate ($274). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($548).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $1,981 list price could save about $131 (7%).

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