Scans and imaging CPT 74181 Outpatient

Abdominal MRI cost in Riverside, CA

In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 14 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the abdomen without contrast: from $305.00 to $9,694.51, with a median of $2,652.00. The lowest listed price is at Chino Valley Medical Center and 2 other hospitals — $2,347.00 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $2,652.00 at 100 hospitals.

Cash prices at 14 facilities across 12 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 Sep 17, 2026.

Lowest$305.00Chino Valley Medical Center + 2 more
Median$2,652.00half pay less
Highest$9,694.51in this market
Difference31.8×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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.

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Lowest $305.00Highest $9,694.51

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Chino Valley Medical Center lowest Chino, CA Hc Mri Abdomen Wo Contrast $305.00 $5,095.00 $216.39–$5,095.00 94% Sep 1, 2026
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Desert Valley Hospital lowest Victorville, CA MRI ABDOMEN W/O CON $305.00 $2,691.85 $216.39–$2,691.85 89% Sep 1, 2026
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Montclair Hospital Medical Center lowest Montclair, CA Hc Mri Abdomen Wo Contrast $305.00 $5,095.00 $216.39–$5,095.00 94% Sep 1, 2026
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St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA HC MRI MRCP ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $906.72 $1,889.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA HC MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST $906.72 $1,889.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O DYE LIMITED $906.72 $1,889.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland, CA MRI scan of abdomen without contrast $1,461.00 $9,990.00 $300.74–$18,356.63 85% Apr 2, 2026
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Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST $1,738.80 $3,864.00 $306.88–$2,898.00 55% Sep 2, 2026
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $2,652.00 $5,100.00 $220.00–$655.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $2,652.00 $5,100.00 $220.00–$655.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $2,652.00 $5,100.00 $220.00–$655.00 48% —
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Palo Verde Hospital Blythe, CA MRI Abdomen w/o Contrast $2,665.50 $3,554.00 — 25% Jul 1, 2026
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Palo Verde Hospital Blythe, CA MRA Abdomen w/o Contrast $2,665.50 $3,554.00 — 25% Jul 1, 2026
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Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST $2,873.25 $6,385.00 $306.88–$5,427.25 55% Sep 2, 2026
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Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST $4,950.90 $11,002.00 $306.88–$9,901.80 55% Sep 2, 2026
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Hospital of Barstow INC Barstow, CA MRI scan of abdomen without contrast $6,381.46 $10,635.77 $404.84–$8,508.62 40% Sep 17, 2026
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Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA HC MRI Abdomen W/O Contrast $9,694.51 $9,694.51 $150.86–$9,694.51 — —
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Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA HC MRI Abdomen W/O Contrast $9,694.51 $9,694.51 $150.86–$9,694.51 — —
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Outpatient: lowest $305.00, median $2,652.00, highest $9,694.51 — a 31.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $2,652.00. 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 8 of 12 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.