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MRI Abdomen With Contrast

Louisiana 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$447$339 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$589 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,148Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $195 to $676
$200$500$1Kfacility $794professional $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
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$537.03
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 32nd of 51

$468

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.