Scans and imaging CPT 74181 Outpatient

Abdominal MRI cost in Eureka, CA

In Eureka-Arcata, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the abdomen without contrast: from $1,780.92 to $2,525.01, with a median of $2,152.97. The lowest listed price is at Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital — $372.05 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $2,652.00 at 100 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,780.92Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital
Median$2,152.97half pay less
Highest$2,525.01in this market
Difference1.4×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 Eureka-Arcata, CA.

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Lowest $1,780.92Highest $4,099.89

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital lowest Fortuna, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $1,780.92 $3,492.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital lowest Fortuna, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC MRI MRCP ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $1,780.92 $3,492.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $2,525.01 $4,951.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O DYE LIMITED $2,525.01 $4,951.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $4,099.89 $8,039.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC MRI MRCP ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $4,099.89 $8,039.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O DYE LIMITED $4,099.89 $8,039.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,780.92, median $2,152.97, highest $2,525.01 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,940.41. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.