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Procedure price report · Magnetic resonance imaging

MRI of the abdomen, before and after contrast

CPT 74183the billing code this page is about

Magnetic resonance imaging of the abdominal organs taken first without contrast dye and then repeated after contrast is given.

Hospitals typically charge $2,650 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,234 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,695. Most fall between $1,242 and $4,413 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,234
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 3,234 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
$775$1,462$2,650$4,014$6,391

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($775 vs $6,391).

How the prices are spread

$520 – $696: 108 hospitals$520$696 – $932: 159 hospitals$932 – $1,248: 223 hospitals$932$1,248 – $1,670: 308 hospitals$1,670 – $2,236: 385 hospitals$1,670$2,236 – $2,993: 504 hospitals$2,993 – $4,007: 564 hospitals$2,993$4,007 – $5,364: 376 hospitals$5,364 – $7,180: 176 hospitals$5,364$7,180 – $9,611: 115 hospitals$7,180median $2,650price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,918 of 3,234 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$520$696108
$696$932159
$932$1,248223
$1,248$1,670308
$1,670$2,236385
$2,236$2,993504
$2,993$4,007564
$4,007$5,364376
$5,364$7,180176
$7,180$9,611115

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$356
Median cash price$2,650
Cash as a multiple of Medicare7.4×

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 $2,650.

Alaska: median $4,340 across 13 hospitalsAK$4,340Maine: median $1,820 across 24 hospitalsME$1,820Vermont: median $3,958 across 11 hospitalsVT$3,958New Hampshire: median $3,399 across 22 hospitalsNH$3,399Washington: median $2,648 across 69 hospitalsWA$2,648Idaho: median $2,263 across 22 hospitalsID$2,263Montana: median $2,934 across 16 hospitalsMT$2,934North Dakota: median $3,222 across 31 hospitalsND$3,222Minnesota: median $2,416 across 99 hospitalsMN$2,416Illinois: median $3,682 across 135 hospitalsIL$3,682Wisconsin: median $2,723 across 107 hospitalsWI$2,723Michigan: median $2,522 across 82 hospitalsMI$2,522New York: median $1,557 across 110 hospitalsNY$1,557Massachusetts: median $3,281 across 50 hospitalsMA$3,281Oregon: median $2,672 across 46 hospitalsOR$2,672Nevada: median $2,205 across 18 hospitalsNV$2,205Wyoming: median $2,823 across 12 hospitalsWY$2,823South Dakota: median $4,354 across 32 hospitalsSD$4,354Iowa: median $3,225 across 84 hospitalsIA$3,225Indiana: median $1,291 across 96 hospitalsIN$1,291Ohio: median $2,217 across 128 hospitalsOH$2,217Pennsylvania: median $2,604 across 115 hospitalsPA$2,604New Jersey: median $746 across 57 hospitalsNJ$746Connecticut: median $2,472 across 22 hospitalsCT$2,472Rhode Island: median $2,257 across 10 hospitalsRI$2,257California: median $4,354 across 216 hospitalsCA$4,354Utah: median $3,765 across 42 hospitalsUT$3,765Colorado: median $2,710 across 64 hospitalsCO$2,710Nebraska: median $4,077 across 81 hospitalsNE$4,077Missouri: median $2,442 across 74 hospitalsMO$2,442Kentucky: median $2,133 across 66 hospitalsKY$2,133West Virginia: median $1,974 across 40 hospitalsWV$1,974Virginia: median $2,854 across 71 hospitalsVA$2,854Maryland: median $1,375 across 37 hospitalsMD$1,375Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,093 across 49 hospitalsAZ$2,093New Mexico: median $2,650 across 29 hospitalsNM$2,650Kansas: median $1,634 across 84 hospitalsKS$1,634Arkansas: median $906 across 32 hospitalsAR$906Tennessee: median $1,247 across 78 hospitalsTN$1,247North Carolina: median $2,688 across 88 hospitalsNC$2,688South Carolina: median $3,015 across 52 hospitalsSC$3,015Oklahoma: median $1,716 across 60 hospitalsOK$1,716Louisiana: median $1,275 across 52 hospitalsLA$1,275Mississippi: median $1,502 across 49 hospitalsMS$1,502Alabama: median $2,017 across 38 hospitalsAL$2,017Georgia: median $2,122 across 102 hospitalsGA$2,122Hawaii: median $2,186 across 12 hospitalsHI$2,186Texas: median $3,265 across 232 hospitalsTX$3,265Florida: median $4,014 across 169 hospitalsFL$4,014
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,650. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Dakota SD32$4,354+64%$3,979 – $5,220
California CA216$4,354+64%$1,929 – $6,841
Alaska AK13$4,340+64%$2,011 – $6,296
Nebraska NE81$4,077+54%$2,981 – $4,707
Florida FL169$4,014+51%$1,722 – $10,680
Vermont VT11$3,958+49%$2,468 – $6,317
Utah UT42$3,765+42%$2,508 – $4,429
Illinois IL135$3,682+39%$1,961 – $5,191
New Hampshire NH22$3,399+28%$2,299 – $7,693
Massachusetts MA50$3,281+24%$1,473 – $4,506
Texas TX232$3,265+23%$1,584 – $6,383
Iowa IA84$3,225+22%$2,249 – $4,451
North Dakota ND31$3,222+22%$2,663 – $3,660
South Carolina SC52$3,015+14%$1,703 – $4,648
Montana MT16$2,934+11%$2,106 – $3,576
Virginia VA71$2,854+8%$1,756 – $5,921
Wyoming WY12$2,823+7%$1,179 – $3,701
Wisconsin WI107$2,723+3%$1,212 – $3,387
Colorado CO64$2,710+2%$1,528 – $3,339
North Carolina NC88$2,688+1%$2,125 – $4,434
Oregon OR46$2,672+1%$2,076 – $3,564
New Mexico NM29$2,6500%$1,296 – $3,752
Washington WA69$2,6480%$1,543 – $3,844
Pennsylvania PA115$2,604−2%$569 – $5,999
Michigan MI82$2,522−5%$1,435 – $3,906
Connecticut CT22$2,472−7%$1,675 – $2,826
Missouri MO74$2,442−8%$1,434 – $3,591
Minnesota MN99$2,416−9%$1,329 – $3,661
Idaho ID22$2,263−15%$1,846 – $3,061
Rhode Island RI10$2,257−15%$902 – $3,485
Ohio OH128$2,217−16%$1,576 – $3,275
Nevada NV18$2,205−17%$1,953 – $5,060
Hawaii HI12$2,186−18%$1,604 – $2,873
Kentucky KY66$2,133−20%$1,398 – $3,775
Georgia GA102$2,122−20%$1,420 – $5,069
Arizona AZ49$2,093−21%$608 – $9,611
Alabama AL38$2,017−24%$1,236 – $4,311
West Virginia WV40$1,974−26%$1,513 – $3,324
Maine ME24$1,820−31%$811 – $3,347
Oklahoma OK60$1,716−35%$1,007 – $2,877
Kansas KS84$1,634−38%$775 – $2,993
New York NY110$1,557−41%$507 – $3,909
Mississippi MS49$1,502−43%$990 – $2,171
Maryland MD37$1,375−48%$845 – $1,900
Indiana IN96$1,291−51%$804 – $2,917
Louisiana LA52$1,275−52%$790 – $2,352
Tennessee TN78$1,247−53%$669 – $2,320
Arkansas AR32$906−66%$584 – $2,200
New Jersey NJ57$746−72%$421 – $2,090
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 $2,650.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,318$2,522$1,181 – $4,706
Children’s63$3,521$2,827 – $5,508
Critical access843$2,827$1,484 – $4,131
Ownership
For-profit470$3,372$1,402 – $10,439
Government568$2,472$1,215 – $4,012
Non-profit2,186$2,625$1,238 – $4,242
System affiliation
Part of a system2,664$2,721$1,271 – $4,550
Independent570$2,338$1,090 – $3,872

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,457
Median cash price$2,650
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

2,215 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,762 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,785; most fall between $1,368 and $4,406.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,215 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
$819$1,591$2,762$4,053$5,924

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($819 vs $5,924).

Of the 2,451 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,215 gave a usable cash price; 127 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 109 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,234 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (82%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,578 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,234
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here221
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded5
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded118
Hospitals that filed this code3,578

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 HC MRI Abdomen Wow Contrast.

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, before and after contrast (CPT 74183) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-74183-mri-of-the-abdomen-before-and-after-contrast