Scans and imaging CPT 73221 Outpatient

Shoulder MRI cost in Centralia, IL

In Centralia, IL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the shoulder, elbow or wrist joint, no contrast dye: from $1,222.37 to $1,222.37, with a median of $1,222.37. Across Illinois, the median is $2,912.40 at 108 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 73221, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 3, 2025 and Dec 3, 2025.

Lowest$1,222.37Salem Township Hospital

Median$1,222.37half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,222.37in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Centralia, IL.

median

Lowest $1,222.37Highest $2,494.34

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Salem Township Hospital one side lowest Salem, IL · (618) 548-3194 HC 73221 MRI UP EXTREM, ANY JOINT, W/O CONTRAST - LT File of Dec 3, 2025 · source file	$1,222.37	$3,055.92	$698.76–$705.88	60%
Salem Township Hospital one side Salem, IL · (618) 548-3194 HC 73221 MRI UP EXTREM, ANY JOINT, W/O CONTRAST - RT File of Dec 3, 2025 · source file	$1,283.42	$3,208.56	$698.76–$705.88	60%
Salem Township Hospital Salem, IL · (618) 548-3194 HC 73221 MRI UP EXTREM, ANY JOINT, W/O CONTRAST - BLT File of Dec 3, 2025 · source file	$2,494.34	$6,235.85	$698.76–$705.88	60%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $1,222.37, median $1,222.37, highest $1,222.37.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,222.37. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

An MRI of an upper-limb joint makes detailed pictures of one joint, most often the shoulder, though the code also covers the elbow and wrist. It shows tendons, ligaments, cartilage and the labrum, such as a rotator cuff tear that does not show on X-rays. No contrast dye is used.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the scan of one joint. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.