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MRI Abdomen With Contrast

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 74182

This is a magnetic resonance imaging scan of the abdomen using a contrast dye given through an IV to make organs and blood vessels show up more clearly. It produces detailed cross-sectional pictures of the liver, kidneys, pancreas, and surrounding structures without using radiation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does MRI Abdomen With Contrast cost?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $288 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$447$355 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$282 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $162 to $776Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $282 to $832
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $288professional $447

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$426.58
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$295.12

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Wyoming than in Utah. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Kentucky· 36th of 51

$447

WY $1,230UT $219

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.