Shoulder MRI cost in Evansville, IN
In Evansville, IN, 3 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the shoulder, elbow or wrist joint, no contrast dye: from $561.75 to $1,270.20, with a median of $1,270.20. The lowest listed price is at Deaconess Hospital — $708.45 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $1,311.09 at 46 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 73221, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 11, 2026 and Feb 13, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Evansville, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaconess Hospital lowest Newburgh, IN CHG MRI ANY JT UPPER EXTREMITY W/O CONTRAST MATRL | $561.75 | $1,605.00 | $60.11–$1,123.50 | 65% | Feb 13, 2026 source file |
| Deaconess Hospital Newburgh, IN HC MRI UPPER EXTREMITY JOINT W/O CONTRAST | $673.53 | $2,041.00 | $228.61–$1,796.08 | 67% | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Ascension St Vincent Warrick Boonville, IN · (812) 897-4800 MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C UNI | $1,270.20 | $2,117.00 | $37.14–$1,474.49 | 40% | — source file |
| Ascension St Vincent Warrick Boonville, IN · (812) 897-4800 MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C UNI | $1,270.20 | $2,117.00 | $37.14–$1,474.49 | 40% | — source file |
| Ascension St Vincent Evansville Evansville, IN · (812) 485-4000 MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C UNI | $1,270.20 | $2,117.00 | $49.04–$700.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Ascension St Vincent Evansville Evansville, IN · (812) 485-4000 MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C UNI | $1,270.20 | $2,117.00 | $49.04–$700.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Ascension St Vincent Warrick both sides Boonville, IN · (812) 897-4800 MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C BI | $2,540.40 | $4,234.00 | $37.14–$2,948.98 | 40% | — source file |
| Ascension St Vincent Warrick both sides Boonville, IN · (812) 897-4800 MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C BI | $2,540.40 | $4,234.00 | $37.14–$2,948.98 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $561.75, median $1,270.20, highest $1,270.20 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $2,540.40, median $2,540.40, highest $2,540.40.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,270.20. 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 2 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 73221 ($1,788.37). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Deaconess Hospital Newburgh, INCHG MRI ANY JT UPPER EXTREMITY W/O CONTRAST MATRL | $96.25 | file |