74183 — Mri scan of abdomen before and after contrast

What the market charges

Across 26,725 negotiated rates, the middle 80% fall between $110 and $1,165, with a median of $352.

What Medicare pays

Medicare allowed an average of $171 for this code, across 507,291 services billed by 7,593 providers. At the median, the market charges 2.1 times what Medicare pays for this code.

Where this is billed, and what it costs there

The states billing 74183 most, by Medicare service volume, each compared against the national average of $171. Each links to the providers Mishe lists there.

  • New York — 514 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $217 — 27% above the national average
  • California — 753 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $195 — 14% above the national average
  • Florida — 494 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $213 — 25% above the national average
  • Texas — 527 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $174 — 2% above the national average
  • Massachusetts — 291 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $158 — 8% below the national average
  • Pennsylvania — 335 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $147 — 14% below the national average
  • Illinois — 402 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $137 — 20% below the national average
  • Virginia — 187 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $149 — 13% below the national average

Claim-editing rules

These are National Correct Coding Initiative procedure-to-procedure edits — the rules a payer applies when deciding whether two codes billed together are both payable.

Codes this one absorbs

Billed together, 74183 is the payable code and these are not separately payable. 28 pairs in total.

  • 36000 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 36005 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 36011 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 36406 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 36410 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 36591 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 36592 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 74181 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 74182 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 74185 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 76000 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 76942 — a modifier may allow both to be paid

Codes that absorb this one

Billed alongside any of these, 74183 is not separately payable. 3 pairs in total.

  • 34839 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 0648T — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 0723T — a modifier may allow both to be paid

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Every figure on this page came from published payer and Medicare data, assembled by Mishe. The same pricing, claim-editing and care-pathway intelligence runs underneath the plans Mishe operates.

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