Scans and imaging CPT 74181 Outpatient

Abdominal MRI cost in Jamestown, NY

In Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the abdomen without contrast: from $684.00 to $1,697.28, with a median of $1,190.64. The lowest listed price is at UPMC Chautauqua — $506.64 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $956.04 at 61 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 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 14, 2026 and Apr 14, 2026.

Lowest$684.00UPMC Chautauqua
Median$1,190.64half pay less
Highest$1,697.28in this market
Difference2.5×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 Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY.

median
Lowest $684.00Highest $1,697.28

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
UPMC Chautauqua lowest Jamestown, NY MRCP WO CONTRAST $684.00 $1,140.00 $215.14–$1,026.00 40% —
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UPMC Chautauqua lowest Jamestown, NY MRCP W/WO CONTRAST $684.00 $1,140.00 $215.14–$1,026.00 40% —
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UPMC Chautauqua lowest Jamestown, NY MR ABDOMEN WO $684.00 $1,140.00 $215.14–$1,026.00 40% —
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Westfield Memorial Hospital INC Westfield, NY HC MRI ABD WO CNTRST $1,697.28 $2,176.00 $145.91–$554.75 22% Apr 14, 2026
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Westfield Memorial Hospital INC Westfield, NY HC MRI ABD WO CNTRST $1,697.28 $2,176.00 — 22% Apr 14, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $684.00, median $1,190.64, highest $1,697.28 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,190.64. 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 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.

Westfield Memorial Hospital INC Westfield, NYCHG MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $42.46 file