Scans and imaging CPT 74181 Outpatient

Abdominal MRI cost in Cleveland, OH

In Cleveland, OH, 23 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the abdomen without contrast: from $1,021.30 to $4,235.00, with a median of $1,396.20. The lowest listed price is at Metrohealth System — $374.90 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $1,604.13 at 87 hospitals.

Cash prices at 23 facilities across 19 cities for code 74181, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Jul 14, 2026.

Lowest$1,021.30Metrohealth System
Median$1,396.20half pay less
Highest$4,235.00in this market
Difference4.1×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 Cleveland, OH.

median
Lowest $1,021.30Highest $4,235.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Metrohealth System lowest Cleveland, OH Hc Mri Abdomen Wo/Contrast $1,021.30 $2,918.00 — 65% Apr 1, 2026
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Cleveland Clinic Health System - East Region Euclid, OH MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $1,084.20 $1,668.00 $0.87–$2,005.89 35% Jun 15, 2026
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The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $1,084.20 $1,668.00 $212.58–$295.82 35% Jun 16, 2026
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Marymount Hospital INC Garfield Heights, OH MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $1,084.20 $1,668.00 $0.87–$2,005.89 35% Jun 15, 2026
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Medina Hospital Medina, OH MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $1,084.20 $1,668.00 $471.71–$1,668.00 35% Jun 15, 2026
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Cleveland Clinic Health System - East Region Warrensville Heights, OH MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $1,084.20 $1,668.00 $0.87–$2,005.89 35% Jun 15, 2026
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Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital Avon, OH MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $1,084.20 $1,668.00 $471.71–$1,668.00 35% Jun 15, 2026
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Lodi Community Hospital Lodi, OH MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $1,084.20 $1,668.00 $471.71–$1,668.00 35% Jun 15, 2026
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Fairview Hospital Cleveland, OH MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $1,084.20 $1,668.00 $0.87–$976.47 35% Jun 15, 2026
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Cleveland Clinic Health System - East Region Mayfield Heights, OH MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $1,084.20 $1,668.00 $0.87–$976.47 35% Jun 15, 2026
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Lutheran Hospital Cleveland, OH MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $1,084.20 $1,668.00 $199.29–$416.13 35% Jun 15, 2026
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Mercy Health Allen Hospital LLC Oberlin, OH HC MRI-Abdomen WO Contrast $1,396.20 $2,327.00 — 40% —
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The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH MRI, ABDOMEN (MRI) $1,463.80 $2,252.00 $1.10–$713.21 35% Jun 16, 2026
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University Hospitals Health System Conneaut, OH HC MRI, ABDOMEN (MRI) - MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $1,993.50 $2,658.00 $728.00–$2,658.00 25% Jul 14, 2026
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University Hospitals Health System Geneva, OH HC MRI, ABDOMEN (MRI) - MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $1,993.50 $2,658.00 $531.60–$2,528.00 25% Jul 14, 2026
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Southwest General Health Center Middleburg Heights, OH MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST $2,124.75 $2,833.00 $96.36–$380.94 25% Jul 1, 2026
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University Hospitals Health System Willoughby, OH HC MRI, ABDOMEN (MRI) - MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $2,285.25 $3,047.00 $225.74–$2,742.30 25% Jul 14, 2026
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University Hospitals Health System Beachwood, OH HC MRI, ABDOMEN (MRI) - MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $2,285.25 $3,047.00 $225.74–$2,742.30 25% Jul 14, 2026
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University Hospitals Health System Beachwood, OH HC MRI, ABDOMEN (MRI) - MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $2,285.25 $3,047.00 $225.74–$2,742.30 25% Jul 14, 2026
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University Hospitals Health System Westlake, OH HC MRI, ABDOMEN (MRI) - MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $2,285.25 $3,047.00 $243.77–$2,742.30 25% Jul 14, 2026
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University Hospitals Health System Parma, OH HC MRI, ABDOMEN (MRI) - MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $2,285.25 $3,047.00 $225.74–$2,742.30 25% Jul 14, 2026
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University Hospitals Health System Chardon, OH HC MRI, ABDOMEN (MRI) - MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $2,285.25 $3,047.00 $225.74–$2,742.30 25% Jul 14, 2026
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University Hospitals Health System Elyria, OH HC MRI, ABDOMEN (MRI) - MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $2,285.25 $3,047.00 $225.74–$2,742.30 25% Jul 14, 2026
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University Hospitals Health System Cleveland, OH HC MRI, ABDOMEN (MRI) - MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $2,548.50 $3,398.00 $225.74–$3,374.00 25% Jul 14, 2026
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University Hospitals Health System Cleveland, OH HC MRI, ABDOMEN (MRI) - MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $2,548.50 $3,398.00 $225.74–$3,058.20 25% Jul 14, 2026
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Summa Health System Akron, OH Hc Mri, Abdomen (Mri) - Mri Abdomen Wo Contrast $4,235.00 $4,235.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,021.30, median $1,396.20, highest $4,235.00 — a 4.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 22 facilities here, median $1,538.85. 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 15 of 20 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is 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.

Metrohealth System Cleveland, OHMri, Abdomen (Mri) $140.70 file