X-ray of the hip (4 views) cost in Montana

Prices at 10 hospitals in Montana, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $213 — 32% below the US median ($313), roughly 3.4× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Sidney Health Center Sidney, MT $149 $104 ★ 3/5 152 min 14.7%
St Peters Health Helena, MT $151 $151 ★ 3/5 178 min 14.3%
Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital Bozeman, MT $152 $112 ★ 4/5 142 min 14.4%
Bozeman Health Big Sky Medical Center Big Sky, MT $182 $112 106 min
Billings Clinic Billings, MT $213 ★ 4/5 172 min 14.2%
Billings Clinic Broadwater Townsend, MT $213 81 min
Clark Fork Valley Hospital Plains, MT $260 $260 153 min 14.7%
Great Falls Clinic Hospital Great Falls, MT $295 $154 ★ 2/5 136 min 15.0%
Roosevelt Medical Center Culbertson, MT $374 $367 94 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 July 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)
$240
Cash / self-pay
$213
Insurer-negotiated
$132
Medicare pays
$63
$151$311
Median cash $213  ·  Medicare $63  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $213 — about 3.4× the Medicare rate ($63). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($126).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $240 list price could save about $27 (11%).

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