Scans and imaging CPT 74181 Outpatient

Abdominal MRI cost in Riverside, CA

In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 24 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the abdomen without contrast: from $305.00 to $13,281.00, with a median of $2,652.00. The lowest listed price is at Montclair Hospital Medical Center and 2 other hospitals — $2,347.00 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $2,796.96 at 209 hospitals.

  • The median here, $2,652.00, is 42% above the US median of $1,864.50.
  • That is 10.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($243.77).
  • Riverside, CA ranks 3rd of 5 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
  • 6 of 24 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Cash prices at 24 facilities across 19 cities for code 74181, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 1, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 25, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

Lowest$305.00Montclair Hospital Medical Center + 2 more
Median$2,652.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$13,281.00in this market
Difference43.5×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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.

median
Lowest $305.00Highest $13,281.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Montclair Hospital Medical Center lowest Montclair, CA · (909) 625-8300 Hc Mri Abdomen Wo Contrast File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $305.00 $5,095.00 $216.39–$5,095.00 94%
Desert Valley Hospital lowest Victorville, CA · (760) 241-8000 MRI ABDOMEN W/O CON File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $305.00 $2,691.85 $216.39–$2,691.85 89%
Chino Valley Medical Center lowest Chino, CA · (909) 627-6111 Hc Mri Abdomen Wo Contrast File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $305.00 $5,095.00 $216.39–$5,095.00 94%
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning, CA · (951) 769-2101 MRI SCAN OF ABDOMEN WITHOUT CONTRAST File of May 20, 2026 · source file $835.07 $4,175.36 $290.11–$916.14 80%
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning, CA · (951) 769-2101 MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST File of May 20, 2026 · source file $864.30 $4,321.50 $290.11–$916.14 80%
St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $906.72 $1,889.00 — 52%
Redlands Community Hospital Redlands, CA · (909) 335-5500 MRI scan of abdomen without contrast File of Jun 19, 2026 · source file $1,101.12 $4,588.00 $212.14–$4,129.20 76%
San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland, CA · (909) 985-2811 MRI scan of abdomen without contrast File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file $1,461.00 $9,990.00 $300.74–$18,356.63 85%
Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 MR CHOLANGIO MRCP WO CON File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $1,568.17 $4,033.00 $273.91–$4,033.00 61%
St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CA · (909) 883-8711 MR CHOLANGIO MRCP WO CON File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $1,637.58 $4,975.00 $266.99–$5,276.00 67%
St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CA · (909) 883-8711 MR ABDOMEN WO CON File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $1,686.63 $5,124.00 $266.99–$5,276.00 67%
Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $1,738.80 $3,864.00 $306.88–$2,898.00 55%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $2,652.00 $5,100.00 $220.00–$655.00 48%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $2,652.00 $5,100.00 $220.00–$655.00 48%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $2,652.00 $5,100.00 $220.00–$655.00 48%
Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $2,652.00 $5,100.00 $220.00–$655.00 48%
Palo Verde Hospital Blythe, CA · (760) 922-4115 MRI Abdomen w/o Contrast+1 more line at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $2,665.50 $3,554.00 — 25%
Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $2,873.25 $6,385.00 $306.88–$5,427.25 55%
Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 MR ABDOMEN WO CON File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $2,901.09 $7,461.00 $273.91–$7,461.00 61%
Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville, CA · (760) 245-8691 MRI-ABDOMEN 3 W/O CONTRAST File of May 13, 2026 · source file $3,295.00 $3,295.00 $165.30–$3,295.00 —
San Bernardino County Colton, CA · (909) 580-1000 HC MRI, ABDOMEN (MRI) - MRI ABDOMEN WO CONTRAST File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file $4,152.00 $4,152.00 $190.96–$3,010.20 —
Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file $4,432.00 $4,432.00 $225.33–$4,432.00 —
Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST File of May 20, 2026 · source file $4,432.00 $4,432.00 $225.33–$4,432.00 —
Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $4,950.90 $11,002.00 $306.88–$9,901.80 55%
Barstow Community Hospital Barstow, CA · (760) 256-1761 MRI scan of abdomen without contrast File of Sep 17, 2026 · source file $6,381.46 $10,635.77 $404.84–$8,508.62 40%
Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC MRI Abdomen W/O Contrast+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file $9,694.51 $9,694.51 $150.86–$9,694.51 —
Riverside Community Hospital Riverside, CA · (951) 788-3000 MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $13,281.00 $13,281.00 $1,809.96–$11,952.90 —
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Outpatient: lowest $305.00, median $2,652.00, highest $13,281.00 — a 43.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $2,658.75. 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 12 of 22 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 abdominal MRI is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Abdominal MRI explained.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 74181 ($1,976.78). 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CAHC MRI Abdomen W/O Contrast $151.91 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.