Scans and imaging CPT 74181 Outpatient

Abdominal MRI cost in Corning, NY

In Corning, NY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the abdomen without contrast: from $220.03 to $3,522.69, with a median of $724.47. The lowest listed price is at St. James Hospital — $504.44 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $956.04 at 61 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities 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 Mar 27, 2026 and Mar 27, 2026.

Lowest$220.03St. James Hospital
Median$724.47half pay less
Highest$3,522.69in this market
Difference16.0×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 Corning, NY.

median
Lowest $220.03Highest $3,522.69

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St. James Hospital lowest Hornell, NY · (607) 324-8000 CHG MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $220.03 $369.00 — 40% —
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St. James Hospital Hornell, NY · (607) 324-8000 HB MRI Abdomen W/O Contrast Material $460.00 — — — —
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Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath, NY · (607) 776-8500 HC MRI, Abdomen (MRI) - MRI Abdomen WO Contrast $724.47 $3,622.33 $1,516.67–$3,622.33 80% Mar 27, 2026
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Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 MRI Abdomen W/O Contrast $3,522.69 $4,403.36 $291.76–$3,164.25 20% —
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Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 MRI Abdomen W/O Contrast $3,522.69 $4,403.36 $265.49–$4,403.36 20% —
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Outpatient: lowest $220.03, median $724.47, highest $3,522.69 — a 16.0× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,871.36. 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 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.