Scans and imaging CPT 74181 Outpatient

Abdominal MRI cost in Bradford, PA

In Bradford, PA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the abdomen without contrast: from $2,128.20 to $2,128.20, with a median of $2,128.20. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $1,915.90 at 62 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 74181, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$2,128.20UPMC Kane
Median$2,128.20half pay less
Highest$2,128.20in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
UPMC Kane Kane, PA MR ABDOMEN WO $2,128.20 $3,547.00 $369.83–$79,850.06 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $2,128.20, median $2,128.20, highest $2,128.20.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,128.20. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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

An abdominal MRI without contrast images the liver, pancreas, kidneys and bile ducts. It is used, for example, to look at bile ducts (MRCP) or liver fat, without radiation.

What the price covers

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

4 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 74181 ($1,734.85). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

UPMC Kane Kane, PAPF MR ANGIO LOW EX WO/WRT $158.40 file
UPMC Kane Kane, PAPF MR ANGIO LOW EX WO/WLT $158.40 file
UPMC Kane Kane, PAPF MR ANGIO LOW EX WO/WBI $158.40 file
UPMC Kane Kane, PAPF MR ABDOMEN WO $158.40 file