Abdominal MRI with contrast cost in Pittsburgh, PA
In Pittsburgh, PA, 15 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the abdomen, without and then with contrast dye: from $569.50 to $9,808.20, with a median of $4,122.09. The lowest listed price is at Uniontown Hospital — $3,552.59 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $3,139.55 at 62 hospitals.
Cash prices at 15 facilities across 10 cities for code 74183, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 6, 2026 and Apr 14, 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 Pittsburgh, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uniontown Hospital lowest Uniontown, PA MRI SCAN OF ABDOMEN BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST | $569.50 | $1,139.00 | $78.24–$787.87 | 50% | — source file |
| Uniontown Hospital Uniontown, PA MRI ABD W/O CNTR FLWD CNTR | $638.00 | $1,276.00 | $78.24–$787.87 | 50% | — source file |
| UPMC Washington Washington, PA MRI ABDOMEN W & W/O | $2,125.24 | $3,036.05 | $255.36–$2,185.96 | 30% | — source file |
| Highlands Hospital Connellsville, PA MRI ABD WITH/WITHOUT CONTRAST | $2,594.40 | $4,324.00 | $1,457.19–$3,372.72 | 40% | — source file |
| Highlands Hospital Connellsville, PA MRI ABDOMEN W/WO CONTRAST | $2,594.40 | $4,324.00 | $1,457.19–$3,372.72 | 40% | — source file |
| Monogahela Valley Hospital Monongahela, PA MRI ABD W/WO CONTRAST | $2,594.40 | $4,324.00 | $1,163.16–$5,299.06 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Jameson New Castle, PA MR ABDOMEN W/WO | $2,946.00 | $4,910.00 | $340.48–$4,320.80 | 40% | — source file |
| West Penn Allegheny Health System INC Wexford, PA HC MRI ABD W/WO CNTRST | $3,765.86 | $5,089.00 | $196.28–$1,141.45 | 26% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA MR ABDOMEN W/WO | $3,809.40 | $6,349.00 | $340.48–$5,714.10 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PA HC MRI ABD W/WO CNTRST | $4,122.09 | $5,089.00 | $160.38–$1,125.43 | 19% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| UPMC St Margaret Pittsburgh, PA MR ABDOMEN W/WO | $5,810.40 | $9,684.00 | $293.97–$8,231.40 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA HC MR ABDOMEN W/WO | $5,999.40 | $9,999.00 | $316.41–$8,499.15 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC McKeesport McKeesport, PA MR ABDOMEN W/WO | $6,049.20 | $10,082.00 | $315.59–$8,569.70 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC East Monroeville, PA MR ABDOMEN W/WO | $6,218.40 | $10,364.00 | $341.40–$8,291.20 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA MR ABDOMEN W/WO | $6,512.40 | $10,854.00 | $283.82–$9,768.60 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA HC MR ABDOMEN W/WO | $6,741.00 | $11,235.00 | $318.66–$10,336.20 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA MR ABDOMEN W/WO | $9,808.20 | $16,347.00 | $367.72–$13,894.95 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $569.50, median $4,122.09, highest $9,808.20 — a 17.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $4,966.25. 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 13 of 15 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
This MRI of the abdomen takes one set of pictures without contrast dye and a second set after the dye is injected into a vein. It is used to look closely at the liver, pancreas, kidneys and adrenal glands, often to check a spot found on an ultrasound or CT.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers both sets of images; the contrast agent may appear as a separate line on some bills. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 74183 ($2,561.84). 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.
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PACHG MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST FLWD BY W/CONTRAST | $55.67 | file |
| West Penn Allegheny Health System INC Wexford, PACHG MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST FLWD BY W/CONTRAST | $76.18 | file |