Scans and imaging CPT 74181 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Abdominal MRI cost in Sayre, PA — inpatient

In Sayre, PA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the abdomen without contrast as an inpatient: from $1,551.20 to $3,663.46, with a median of $2,808.80. The lowest listed price is at Troy Community Hospital Incorporated — $1,257.60 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $1,915.90 at 62 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 74181, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$1,551.20Troy Community Hospital Incorporated
Median$2,808.80half pay less
Highest$3,663.46in this market
Difference2.4×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 Sayre, PA.

median
Lowest $1,551.20Highest $3,663.46

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Troy Community Hospital Incorporated lowest Troy, PA MRI Abdomen W/O Contrast $1,551.20 $1,939.00 $119.58–$1,339.27 20% —
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ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL Doing Business As: ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL, TOWANDA CAMPUS Towanda, PA MRI Abdomen W/O Contrast $2,808.80 $3,511.00 $265.49–$2,125.00 20% —
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Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA MRI Abdomen W/O Contrast $3,663.46 $4,579.33 $526.00 20% —
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Inpatient: lowest $1,551.20, median $2,808.80, highest $3,663.46 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $2,808.80 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 of 3 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.