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Procedure price report · Magnetic resonance imaging

MRI of the abdomen with contrast

CPT 74182the billing code this page is about

Magnetic resonance imaging of the abdominal organs performed after contrast dye is given.

Hospitals typically charge $2,142 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,672 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,178. Most fall between $1,055 and $3,660 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,672
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,672 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$651$1,196$2,142$3,276$5,180

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($651 vs $5,180).

How the prices are spread

$488 – $642: 128 hospitals$488$642 – $844: 139 hospitals$844 – $1,110: 183 hospitals$844$1,110 – $1,460: 271 hospitals$1,460 – $1,921: 343 hospitals$1,460$1,921 – $2,526: 438 hospitals$2,526 – $3,323: 382 hospitals$2,526$3,323 – $4,371: 268 hospitals$4,371 – $5,749: 169 hospitals$4,371$5,749 – $7,562: 85 hospitals$5,749median $2,142price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,406 of 2,672 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$488$642128
$642$844139
$844$1,110183
$1,110$1,460271
$1,460$1,921343
$1,921$2,526438
$2,526$3,323382
$3,323$4,371268
$4,371$5,749169
$5,749$7,56285

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$356
Median cash price$2,142
Cash as a multiple of Medicare6.0×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,142.

Alaska: median $2,930 across 10 hospitalsAK$2,930Maine: median $836 across 21 hospitalsME$836Vermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $2,170 across 14 hospitalsNH$2,170Washington: median $1,978 across 56 hospitalsWA$1,978Idaho: median $1,767 across 10 hospitalsID$1,767Montana: median $2,240 across 13 hospitalsMT$2,240North Dakota: median $2,391 across 20 hospitalsND$2,391Minnesota: median $2,402 across 63 hospitalsMN$2,402Illinois: median $3,208 across 115 hospitalsIL$3,208Wisconsin: median $2,210 across 84 hospitalsWI$2,210Michigan: median $1,974 across 66 hospitalsMI$1,974New York: median $1,557 across 94 hospitalsNY$1,557Massachusetts: median $2,162 across 38 hospitalsMA$2,162Oregon: median $2,146 across 38 hospitalsOR$2,146Nevada: median $1,866 across 14 hospitalsNV$1,866Wyoming: median $2,977 across 10 hospitalsWY$2,977South Dakota: median $3,672 across 13 hospitalsSD$3,672Iowa: median $2,146 across 50 hospitalsIA$2,146Indiana: median $1,100 across 83 hospitalsIN$1,100Ohio: median $1,966 across 120 hospitalsOH$1,966Pennsylvania: median $2,535 across 104 hospitalsPA$2,535New Jersey: median $942 across 55 hospitalsNJ$942Connecticut: median $1,495 across 16 hospitalsCT$1,495Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,276 across 190 hospitalsCA$3,276Utah: median $3,034 across 38 hospitalsUT$3,034Colorado: median $2,333 across 58 hospitalsCO$2,333Nebraska: median $2,929 across 55 hospitalsNE$2,929Missouri: median $1,830 across 64 hospitalsMO$1,830Kentucky: median $1,789 across 54 hospitalsKY$1,789West Virginia: median $1,886 across 31 hospitalsWV$1,886Virginia: median $2,150 across 65 hospitalsVA$2,150Maryland: median $1,156 across 36 hospitalsMD$1,156Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,540 across 45 hospitalsAZ$1,540New Mexico: median $1,677 across 23 hospitalsNM$1,677Kansas: median $1,350 across 65 hospitalsKS$1,350Arkansas: median $1,204 across 18 hospitalsAR$1,204Tennessee: median $825 across 62 hospitalsTN$825North Carolina: median $2,176 across 72 hospitalsNC$2,176South Carolina: median $3,073 across 40 hospitalsSC$3,073Oklahoma: median $999 across 45 hospitalsOK$999Louisiana: median $873 across 43 hospitalsLA$873Mississippi: median $1,228 across 43 hospitalsMS$1,228Alabama: median $1,563 across 29 hospitalsAL$1,563Georgia: median $1,770 across 88 hospitalsGA$1,770Hawaii: median $1,640 across 12 hospitalsHI$1,640Texas: median $2,285 across 214 hospitalsTX$2,285Florida: median $3,765 across 153 hospitalsFL$3,765
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,142. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL153$3,765+76%$1,425 – $8,516
South Dakota SD13$3,672+71%$3,057 – $3,672
California CA190$3,276+53%$1,929 – $5,071
Illinois IL115$3,208+50%$1,517 – $4,411
South Carolina SC40$3,073+43%$1,564 – $3,837
Utah UT38$3,034+42%$2,363 – $3,569
Wyoming WY10$2,977+39%$982 – $3,156
Alaska AK10$2,930+37%$1,040 – $5,774
Nebraska NE55$2,929+37%$1,739 – $3,691
Pennsylvania PA104$2,535+18%$592 – $4,936
Minnesota MN63$2,402+12%$924 – $3,119
North Dakota ND20$2,391+12%$1,912 – $3,325
Colorado CO58$2,333+9%$1,094 – $2,838
Texas TX214$2,285+7%$1,256 – $4,531
Montana MT13$2,240+5%$1,869 – $2,864
Wisconsin WI84$2,210+3%$1,091 – $3,027
North Carolina NC72$2,176+2%$1,753 – $3,188
New Hampshire NH14$2,170+1%$1,386 – $7,712
Massachusetts MA38$2,162+1%$1,368 – $3,476
Virginia VA65$2,1500%$1,155 – $3,779
Oregon OR38$2,1460%$1,674 – $3,005
Iowa IA50$2,1460%$1,484 – $3,222
Washington WA56$1,978−8%$1,452 – $2,930
Michigan MI66$1,974−8%$1,148 – $3,458
Ohio OH120$1,966−8%$1,530 – $2,880
West Virginia WV31$1,886−12%$1,059 – $2,877
Nevada NV14$1,866−13%$510 – $4,126
Missouri MO64$1,830−15%$1,450 – $3,058
Kentucky KY54$1,789−16%$1,144 – $3,680
Georgia GA88$1,770−17%$1,120 – $3,037
Idaho ID10$1,767−17%$962 – $2,304
New Mexico NM23$1,677−22%$1,220 – $2,702
Hawaii HI12$1,640−23%$1,361 – $2,032
Alabama AL29$1,563−27%$681 – $3,161
New York NY94$1,557−27%$435 – $3,364
Arizona AZ45$1,540−28%$499 – $6,769
Connecticut CT16$1,495−30%$1,078 – $2,544
Kansas KS65$1,350−37%$779 – $2,625
Mississippi MS43$1,228−43%$873 – $1,551
Arkansas AR18$1,204−44%$764 – $2,413
Maryland MD36$1,156−46%$784 – $1,763
Indiana IN83$1,100−49%$676 – $2,470
Oklahoma OK45$999−53%$728 – $2,104
New Jersey NJ55$942−56%$451 – $2,982
Louisiana LA43$873−59%$626 – $1,971
Maine ME21$836−61%$650 – $2,822
Tennessee TN62$825−61%$569 – $1,729
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,142.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,998$2,012$983 – $3,794
Children’s61$2,817$2,223 – $5,089
Critical access603$2,274$1,160 – $3,249
Ownership
For-profit391$2,696$1,196 – $8,245
Government447$1,963$983 – $3,080
Non-profit1,824$2,073$1,030 – $3,472
System affiliation
Part of a system2,222$2,150$1,067 – $3,715
Independent450$1,969$963 – $3,187

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,650
Median cash price$2,142
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,877 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,159 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,230; most fall between $1,130 and $3,569.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,877 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$765$1,324$2,159$3,276$4,655

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($765 vs $4,655).

Of the 2,067 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,877 gave a usable cash price; 105 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 85 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,672 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (68%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,949 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,672
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here184
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded92
Hospitals that filed this code2,949

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Magnetic resonance imaging family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as MRI Abdomen W/Contrast Material|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “MRI of the abdomen with contrast (CPT 74182) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-74182-mri-of-the-abdomen-with-contrast