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Scans and imaging CPT 74181 Connecticut Outpatient

Abdominal MRI cost in Connecticut

In Connecticut, 8 hospitals publish a cash price for MRI of the abdomen without contrast: from $1,040.05 to $2,264.02, with a median of $1,406.18. The lowest price is at Johnson Memorial Hospital (Stafford Springs). The highest price is 2.2× the lowest.

  • The median here, $1,406.18, is 25% below the US median of $1,864.50.
  • That is 5.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($243.77).
  • Connecticut ranks 15th of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 1 of 8 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Connecticut law (C.G.S. §19a-673): if you are uninsured, your income is at or below 250% of the federal poverty level and Medicaid has turned you down, a hospital and the clinicians billing through it may collect no more than the cost of your care (its charges times its cost-to-charge ratio), which is usually well below its list price. Ask the billing office to apply it. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 74181. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 27, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$1,040.05Johnson Memorial Hospital
Median$1,406.18half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,264.02in Connecticut
Lowest saves$366.13vs the median

Hospitals in Connecticut, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Johnson Memorial Hospital lowest Stafford Springs · Stafford Springs, CT HC MRI Abdomen W/O Contrast $1,040.05 $1,891.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Day Kimball Healthcare Putnam · Putnam, CT MRI-ABDOMEN W/O CONT PLF $1,073.56 $2,817.75 Aug 1, 2026
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Connecticut Children's Hartford · Hartford, CT MRI Abdomen WO Cont $1,317.60 $2,196.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center Hartford · Hartford, CT HC MRI Abdomen W/O Contrast $1,349.15 $2,453.00 Mar 31, 2026
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UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital Waterbury · Waterbury, CT MRI Abdomen Kidney wo Contrast $1,463.20 $2,926.40 May 13, 2026
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John Dempsey Hospital of the University of Connecticut Farmington · Farmington, CT HC MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL $1,698.60 $2,831.00 Jul 1, 2026
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Saint Marys Hospital Waterbury · Waterbury, CT HC MRI Abdomen W/O Contrast $2,031.15 $3,693.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Manchester Memorial Hospital Manchester · Manchester, CT MRI ABDOMEN W/O CONTRAST $2,264.02 $2,264.02 Apr 1, 2026
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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
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
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

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Hartford, CT 2 $1,317.60 $1,333.38
Waterbury, CT 2 $1,463.20 $1,747.18
Farmington, CT 1 $1,698.60 $1,698.60
Manchester, CT 1 $2,264.02 $2,264.02
Putnam, CT 1 $1,073.56 $1,073.56
Stafford Springs, CT 1 $1,040.05 $1,040.05
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What abdominal MRI is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Abdominal MRI explained.

MRI of the abdomen without contrast in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.