Scans and imaging CPT 74181 Outpatient

Abdominal MRI cost in Richmond, VA

In Richmond, VA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the abdomen without contrast: from $2,326.80 to $2,527.20, with a median of $2,527.20. The lowest listed price is at Bon Secours Southside Medical Center — $200.40 less than the median here. Across Virginia, the median is $1,625.50 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 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 — and —.

Lowest$2,326.80Bon Secours Southside Medical Center
Median$2,527.20half pay less
Highest$2,527.20in 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 Richmond, VA.

median
Lowest $2,326.80Highest $2,527.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Bon Secours Southside Medical Center lowest Petersburg, VA · (804) 765-5000 HC MRI-Abdomen WO Contrast $2,326.80 $7,756.00 — 70% —
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Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital Richmond, VA · (804) 225-1701 HC MRI-Abdomen WO Contrast $2,527.20 $4,212.00 — 40% —
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Bon Secours St Marys Hospital of Richmond Richmond, VA · (804) 285-2011 HC MRI-Abdomen WO Contrast $2,527.20 $4,212.00 — 40% —
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Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center Midlothian, VA · (804) 594-7400 HC MRI-Abdomen WO Contrast $2,527.20 $4,212.00 — 40% —
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Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center Mechanicsville, VA · (804) 764-6000 HC MRI-Abdomen WO Contrast $2,527.20 $4,212.00 — 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $2,326.80, median $2,527.20, highest $2,527.20 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $1,722.60. 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.