Scans and imaging CPT 74181 Outpatient

Abdominal MRI cost in Kalispell, MT

In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the abdomen without contrast: from $1,350.86 to $1,436.99, with a median of $1,393.93. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health Medical Center — $43.07 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $1,805.54 at 19 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 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,350.86Logan Health Medical Center
Median$1,393.93half pay less
Highest$1,436.99in this market
Difference1.1×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 Kalispell, MT.

median
Lowest $1,350.86Highest $1,436.99

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health Medical Center lowest Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 MRI ABDOMEN W/O $1,350.86 $2,078.25 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 MRI ABDOMEN W/O $1,436.99 $2,210.75 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,350.86, median $1,393.93, highest $1,436.99 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,393.93. 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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 74181 ($2,000.69). 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.

Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MTMRI ABDOMEN W/O DYE $106.60 file
Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MTMRI ABDOMEN W/O DYE $106.60 file