Scans and imaging CPT 74181 Outpatient

Abdominal MRI cost in Massena, NY

In Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the abdomen without contrast: from $2,282.34 to $2,427.68, with a median of $2,387.53. The lowest listed price is at Gouverneur Hospital — $105.19 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$2,282.34Gouverneur Hospital
Median$2,387.53half pay less
Highest$2,427.68in 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 Massena-Ogdensburg, NY.

median
Lowest $2,282.34Highest $2,427.68

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Gouverneur Hospital lowest Gouverneur, NY · (315) 287-1000 HC MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $2,282.34 $3,511.29 — 35% —
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Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam, NY · (315) 265-3300 HC MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $2,387.53 $3,673.13 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Slhs Massena Massena, NY · (315) 769-4234 HC MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $2,427.68 $3,734.90 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $2,282.34, median $2,387.53, highest $2,427.68 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $2,387.53. 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.