Scans and imaging CPT 74176 Outpatient

CT abdomen/pelvis, no contrast cost in Joplin, MO

In Joplin, MO-KS, 5 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of abdomen and pelvis, no contrast dye: from $1,925.95 to $3,290.95, with a median of $2,648.52. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Carthage — $722.57 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $2,238.30 at 23 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 cities for code 74176, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,925.95Mercy Hospital Carthage
Median$2,648.52half pay less
Highest$3,290.95in 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 Joplin, MO-KS.

median
Lowest $1,925.95Highest $3,290.95

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital Carthage lowest Carthage, MO CT Abd Pelvis Without Contrast $1,925.95 $2,963.00 $1,031.00 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Columbus Columbus, KS CT Abd Pelvis Without Contrast $2,581.15 $3,971.00 $88.54–$626.45 35% —
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Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin, MO CT ABDOMEN WO PELVIS WO $2,648.52 $6,621.30 — 60% Sep 1, 2026
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Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast Kansas Galena, KS CT Abd Pelvis Without Contrast $3,120.00 $4,800.00 $88.54–$943.56 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin Joplin, MO CT Abd Pelvis Without Contrast $3,290.95 $5,063.00 $734.00 35% —
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Outpatient: lowest $1,925.95, median $2,648.52, highest $3,290.95 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,648.52. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

A CT of the abdomen and pelvis without contrast dye makes cross-section pictures of the belly and pelvis in a single scan. It is the usual test when kidney stones are suspected, because stones show clearly without dye.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the scan. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.