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Hospital Observation Service, per Hour

Montana rates for HCPCS G0378

Hospital observation service, per hour

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hospital Observation Service, per Hour cost?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$60.26$35.48 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$74.13 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $52 to $389Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $35 to $100
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $89professional $60

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$131.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in New Jersey than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Montana· 27th of 51

$79.43

NJ $251VT $35.48

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.