The median cash price for MRI of the Abdomen (without contrast) is $1,692.60, based on the stated self-pay prices 39 hospitals publish in their federal price-transparency files. Across all 41 hospitals we cover, prices run $212–$9,437.
| Hospital | Cash price | Gross charge | File dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI |
$43.67 est. | — | 2025-06-28 |
| Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, PA |
$186.13 est. | — | 2026-04-13 |
| University of Michigan Health Ann Arbor, MI |
$212 cash | $530 | 3/31/2026 |
| HMH Hospitals Corporation (Hackensack) Hackensack, NJ |
$267.55 cash | $3,311 | 2025-12-31 |
| Dignity Health St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ |
$370.93 cash | $971 | 2026-02-28 |
| Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Cleveland, OH |
$379.60 cash | $584 | 2026-06-16 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ |
$405.12 cash | $2,110 | 2026-03-02 |
| MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center Baltimore, MD |
$417.91 cash | $426.44 | 2026-04-01 |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (Dartmouth) Lebanon, NH |
$449.21 cash | $1,468 | 1/1/2026 |
| Scripps Green Hospital San Diego, CA |
$549.07 cash | $2,196.29 | 2026-03-30 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla San Diego, CA |
$549.07 cash | $2,196.29 | 2026-03-30 |
| University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL |
$598 cash | $598 | 2026-04-01 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ |
$664.94 cash | $3,138 | 2026-03-04 |
| WVU Hospitals Morgantown, WV |
$862.50 cash | $1,725 | 3/30/2026 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC |
$876.15 cash | $3,245 | 04/01/2026 |
| Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL |
$904.40 cash | $2,584 | 2026-04-01 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX |
$1,012.50 cash | $2,025 | 2026-04-01 |
| NYU Langone Tisch Hospital New York, NY |
$1,094.11 cash | $5,758.49 | 2026-01-01 |
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital (Wake Forest) Winston-Salem, NC |
$1,355 cash | $2,710 | 2025-10-08 |
| UC Irvine Medical Center Orange, CA |
$1,464.40 cash | $3,661 | 2026-04-01 |
| Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Houston, TX |
$1,578.48 cash | $4,932.75 | 2026-04-01 |
| OHSU Hospital Portland, OR |
$1,692.60 cash | $2,604 | 2026-03-23 |
| Froedtert Hospital Milwaukee, WI |
$1,700.05 cash | $3,091 | 2025-12-31 |
| Montefiore Medical Center New York, NY |
$1,752.72 cash | $2,680 | 2026-04-01 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA |
$1,854 cash | $6,180 | 2026-04-01 |
| Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX |
$2,035.14 cash | $3,391.90 | 2026-02-18 |
| University Hospitals Health System Cleveland, OH |
$2,450.25 cash | $3,267 | 2025-05-16 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA |
$2,815.50 cash | $3,754 | 2026-04-01 |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center San Diego, CA |
$3,167.25 cash | $4,223 | 04/01/2026 |
| Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX |
$3,227.39 cash | $4,817 | 2026-03-05 |
| Brigham and Womens Hospital Boston, MA |
$3,247.50 cash | $4,330 | 2026-03-27 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA |
$3,247.50 cash | $4,330 | 2026-03-27 |
| Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center Oakland, CA |
$3,449.60 cash | $6,160 | 4/1/2026 |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA |
$3,490.50 cash | $3,490.50 | 03/31/2026 |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Chicago, IL |
$3,934.70 cash | $5,621 | 4/1/2026 |
| Stanford Health Care Palo Alto, CA |
$4,336.80 cash | $10,842 | 2026-04-01 |
| OSF HealthCare Peoria, IL |
$4,771.20 cash | $7,952 | 2026-03-31 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA |
$5,143.15 cash | $7,912.54 | 2025-11-26 |
| Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage, AK |
$5,470.92 cash | $7,014 | 2026-04-01 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY |
$5,492 cash | $5,492 | 2025-12-01 |
| Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
$9,437 cash | $9,437 | 2026-02-10 |
"Cash price" = the hospital's published discounted_cash self-pay rate. "Gross charge" = the sticker price before any discount — what cash-pay patients are first billed and can negotiate down toward the cash rate.
If you're paying cash for MRI of the Abdomen (without contrast), the hospital's published self-pay price is a ceiling you can negotiate from, not a fixed quote. Bring the figure above (and the source file) to billing and ask for the cash / prompt-pay rate. Free-standing imaging centers and ASCs are often well below hospital outpatient rates.