Abdominal MRI cost in Kansas City, MO
In Kansas City, MO, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the abdomen without contrast: from $315.00 to $825.55, with a median of $570.28. The lowest listed price is at Oklahoma Spine Hospital — $255.28 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $1,548.00 at 61 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 74181, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 5, 2026 and Aug 5, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Kansas City, MO.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Spine Hospital lowest Kansas City, MO MRI ABDOMEN WITHOUT CONTRAST | $315.00 | $1,307.00 | $114.08–$653.50 | 76% | — source file |
| Lakewood Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 MRI Abdomen w/o & MRCP 74181 | $825.55 | $1,501.00 | $295.67–$1,822.00 | 45% | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $315.00, median $570.28, highest $825.55 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $570.28. 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 2 of 2 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.