Scans and imaging CPT 72197 Outpatient

Pelvic MRI with contrast cost in Columbia, SC

In Columbia, SC, 3 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the pelvis without and with contrast: from $1,525.00 to $2,525.00, with a median of $1,525.00. The lowest listed price is at MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Northeast and 1 other hospital. Across South Carolina, the median is $3,105.80 at 19 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 72197, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,525.00MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Northeast + 1 more
Median$1,525.00half pay less
Highest$2,525.00in this market
Difference1.7×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Columbia, SC.

median
Lowest $1,525.00Highest $2,525.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Northeast lowest Columbia, SC HB MRI PELVIS W/O CONT F-BY CONTRAST $1,525.00 $3,050.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown lowest Columbia, SC · (803) 256-5300 HB MRI PELVIS W/O CONT F-BY CONTRAST $1,525.00 $3,050.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Kershaw Medical Center Camden, SC · (803) 432-4311 HB MRI PELVIS W/O CONT F-BY CONTRAST $2,525.00 $5,050.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,525.00, median $1,525.00, highest $2,525.00 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,525.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

A pelvic MRI without and with contrast images the uterus, ovaries, prostate, bladder and rectum. It is used for tumors, fibroids and prostate cancer staging.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the scan and the contrast dye. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.