Scans and imaging CPT 74181 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Abdominal MRI cost in Charlotte, NC — inpatient

In Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, 16 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the abdomen without contrast as an inpatient: from $486.50 to $5,709.75, with a median of $1,765.28. The lowest listed price is at MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center — $1,278.78 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $1,765.28 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 16 facilities across 13 cities for code 74181, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 1, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$486.50MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center
Median$1,765.28half pay less
Highest$5,709.75in this market
Difference11.7×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 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC.

median
Lowest $486.50Highest $5,709.75

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center lowest Chester, SC · (803) 581-3151 HB MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $486.50 $973.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST $1,765.28 $3,530.55 $1,069.76–$3,177.50 50% Dec 5, 2025
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Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST $1,765.28 $3,530.55 $1,094.47–$3,106.88 50% Dec 4, 2025
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Atrium Health Union Monroe, NC · (704) 283-3100 HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST $1,765.28 $3,530.55 $1,069.76–$3,354.02 50% Dec 4, 2025
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Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton, NC · (980) 212-2000 HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST $1,765.28 $3,530.55 $1,012.21–$3,354.02 50% Dec 1, 2025
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Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte, NC · (704) 379-5000 HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST $1,765.28 $3,530.55 $1,069.76–$3,248.11 50% Dec 5, 2025
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Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST $1,765.28 $3,530.55 $1,069.76–$3,248.11 50% Dec 4, 2025
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Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte, NC HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST $1,765.28 $3,530.55 $1,182.73–$3,248.11 50% Dec 5, 2025
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Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST $1,765.28 $3,530.55 $1,069.76–$3,177.50 50% Dec 4, 2025
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Carolinas Rehabilitation Belmont, NC HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST $1,765.28 $3,530.55 $1,182.73–$3,248.11 50% Dec 5, 2025
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Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte, NC · (704) 379-5000 HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST $1,765.28 $3,530.55 $1,069.76–$3,248.11 50% Dec 5, 2025
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Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro, NC · (704) 694-5131 HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST $1,765.28 $3,530.55 $1,069.76–$3,354.02 50% Dec 1, 2025
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Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast Concord, NC · (704) 783-3000 HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST $1,765.28 $3,530.55 $1,069.76–$3,354.02 50% Dec 1, 2025
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Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital Mooresville, NC · (704) 660-4000 MRI Abdomen WO Cntrst $1,795.77 $6,651.00 $1,010.20–$1,495.86 73% —
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Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital Mooresville, NC · (704) 660-4000 MRI Abdomen WO Cntrst $1,795.77 $6,651.00 $1,935.44–$2,294.60 73% —
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MUSC Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, SC · (803) 286-1481 HB MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $3,009.50 $6,019.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Gaston Memorial Hospital Gastonia, NC HCHG MRI ABDOMEN WO CONT $4,708.00 $4,708.00 $3,060.20–$4,472.60 — May 11, 2026
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Gaston Memorial Hospital Belmont, NC HCHG MRI ABDOMEN WO CONT $4,708.00 $4,708.00 $3,060.20–$4,472.60 — May 11, 2026
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Gaston Memorial Hospital Mount Holly, NC HCHG MRI ABDOMEN WO CONT $4,708.00 $4,708.00 — — May 11, 2026
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Amisub of South Carolina Rock Hill, SC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CM $5,709.75 $7,613.00 $1.00–$5,785.88 25% Sep 1, 2026
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Amisub of South Carolina Fort Mill, SC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CM $5,709.75 $7,613.00 $1.00–$5,785.88 25% Apr 15, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $486.50, median $1,765.28, highest $5,709.75 — a 11.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $1,765.28 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 10 of 13 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

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.