St. Peter's Hospital ~ About Hospital Charges

St. Peter’s Hospital Charges

Following is the price charged for select procedures at St. Peter’s Hospital. This list represents the most common procedures performed in the last year, along with other charges that may be of interest. This list will be updated periodically. Please keep in mind that there are several variables to each individual patient’s treatment and that costs may vary greatly, depending upon how many other resources are consumed during a hospital visit.

Due to the fact that it cannot be predicted what services a patient may require during an inpatient stay, it is not possible to quote an exact price in advance for an inpatient stay. The price of an outpatient service may be determined in advance if the CPT code is known. However, oftentimes the use of additional supplies or drugs may increase the price charged for a procedure.

For more information, contact Sheri Renney, Director of Patient Business Services at (406) 444-2184 or srenney@stpetes.org.

Private room: $656.00 per day
Operating room charge: $1,405.53 per hour average (staff time only)
MRI brain w/o contrast: $1,203.46
Chest X-ray, 1 View: $83.47
CT scan abdomen w/o contrast: $837.42
Colonoscopy: $723.45
Complete Blood Count with Automated Diff: $41.76
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel: $65.12
Emergency Department Visit – Level 3: $176.06
Basic metabolic panel: $44.85
Assay Thyroid Stim Hormone (TSH): $22.26
Mammogram, Screening: $91.77
Prothrombin Time: $27.52
Lipid Panel: $50.13

In setting its prices for procedures, St Peter’s compares its charges to those of other Montana health care providers and makes adjustments where necessary to remain competitive.

Some procedures compared against other places, e.g., cardiovascular/heart pacemaker, are offered at St. Peter’s only in emergencies, and because of the low volume are more expensive.The charge ranges also reflect disparities among health conditions, geographic location, and proximity to healthcare. Satisfactorily explaining or accurately predicting actual charges to individuals’ remains a difficult task.

St. Peter’s mission is to partner with its patients, community, and medical staff to provide exceptional and compassionate healthcare.Because of this commitment to the community, some services such as the ambulance and home health services are subsidized by the Hospital. St. Peter’s also provides services to those in the Helena area who simply can't afford to pay for their healthcare.