Scans and imaging CPT 73221 Outpatient

Shoulder MRI cost in Grand Junction, CO

In Grand Junction, CO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the shoulder, elbow or wrist joint, no contrast dye: from $298.20 to $298.20, with a median of $298.20. Across Colorado, the median is $1,013.73 at 13 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 73221, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$298.20Family Health West Hospital
Median$298.20half pay less
Highest$298.20in 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 Grand Junction, CO.

median
Lowest $298.20Highest $1,974.70

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Family Health West Hospital lowest Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 CAH MRI ANY JT UPPER EXTREMITY W/O CONTRAST MATRL $298.20 $426.00 — 30% —
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Family Health West Hospital lowest Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 CAH MRI ANY JT UPPER EXTREMITY W/O CONTRAST MATRL $298.20 $426.00 — 30% —
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Family Health West Hospital Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 HC MRI UPPER EXTREM 1 JOINT W/O CONTRAST $1,974.70 $2,821.00 — 30% —
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Family Health West Hospital Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 HC MRI UPPER EXTREM 1 JOINT W/O CONTRAST $1,974.70 $2,821.00 — 30% —
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Outpatient: lowest $298.20, median $298.20, highest $298.20.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $298.20. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.