Shoulder MRI cost in Indianapolis, IN
In Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, 17 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the shoulder, elbow or wrist joint, no contrast dye: from $582.60 to $3,472.00, with a median of $833.37. The lowest listed price is at Naab Road Surgery Center and 5 other hospitals — $250.77 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $1,065.36 at 84 hospitals.
- The median here, $833.37, is 55% below the US median of $1,850.73.
- That is 3.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($243.77).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 17 facilities across 12 cities for code 73221, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 2, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Oct 26, 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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naab Road Surgery Center lowest Indianapolis, IN MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C UNI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $582.60 | $971.00 | $37.14–$700.00 | 40% |
| Carmel AmbSurg lowest Carmel, IN MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C UNI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $582.60 | $971.00 | $37.14–$700.00 | 40% |
| Endo Surgery Center lowest Carmel, IN MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C UNI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $582.60 | $971.00 | $37.14–$700.00 | 40% |
| St. Vincent Carmel Hospital lowest Carmel, IN · (317) 582-7000 MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C UNI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $582.60 | $971.00 | $49.04–$700.00 | 40% |
| Ascension St. Vincent Anderson Hospital lowest Anderson, IN · (765) 649-2511 MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C UNI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $582.60 | $971.00 | $37.14–$700.00 | 40% |
| St. Vincent Fishers Hospital lowest Fishers, IN · (317) 415-9000 MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C UNI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $582.60 | $971.00 | $49.04–$700.00 | 40% |
| Franciscan St Francis Health - Carmel Carmel, IN · (317) 528-5000 MRI Upper Extremity Jnt; W/O Contrast File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $757.91 | $3,281.00 | $246.65–$2,952.90 | 77% |
| Franciscan Health Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN · (317) 528-5000 MRI Upper Extremity Jnt; W/O Contrast File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $757.91 | $3,281.00 | $252.44–$5,905.80 | 77% |
| Franciscan Health Mooresville Mooresville, IN · (317) 831-1160 MRI Upper Extremity Jnt; W/O Contrast File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $833.37 | $3,281.00 | $252.44–$5,905.80 | 75% |
| Hendricks Regional Health Danville, IN · (317) 745-4451 HB MRI UP EXT JT W/O CONT File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $944.40 | $2,361.00 | $103.04–$2,266.56 | 60% |
| Major Hospital Shelbyville, IN · (317) 392-3211 MRI scan of arm joint without contrast File of Oct 26, 2026 · source file | $1,341.06 | $4,326.00 | $129.22–$4,282.74 | 69% |
| Riverview Health one side Noblesville, IN · (317) 773-0760 MRI EXTR UPPR JT WO CONT LT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,474.20 | $2,457.00 | — | 40% |
| Ascension St Vincent Mercy Elwood, IN · (765) 552-4743 MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C UNI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,612.20 | $2,687.00 | $49.04–$1,889.23 | 40% |
| Eskenazi Health Indianapolis, IN · (317) 880-4818 HC MRI Joint Upper Ext W/O+1 more line at this price File of Mar 1, 2026 · source file | $2,056.50 | $2,285.00 | $252.00–$2,285.00 | 10% |
| Hancock Regional Hospital Greenfield, IN · (317) 462-5544 MRI scan of arm joint without contrast File of Oct 16, 2026 · source file | $2,319.20 | $2,899.00 | $129.22–$8,697.00 | 20% |
| Witham Memorial Hospital Lebanon, IN · (765) 485-8000 MRI scan of arm joint without contrast File of Oct 26, 2026 · source file | $2,617.34 | $3,739.05 | $129.22–$9,347.63 | 30% |
| Johnson Memorial Hospital Franklin, IN · (317) 736-3300 MRI scan of arm joint without contrast File of Oct 22, 2026 · source file | $3,472.00 | $4,340.00 | $129.22–$4,209.80 | 20% |
| Endo Surgery Center both sides Carmel, IN MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C BI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,165.20 | $1,942.00 | $37.14–$1,294.93 | 40% |
| Naab Road Surgery Center both sides Indianapolis, IN MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C BI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,165.20 | $1,942.00 | $37.14–$700.00 | 40% |
| Carmel AmbSurg both sides Carmel, IN MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C BI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,165.20 | $1,942.00 | $37.14–$1,294.93 | 40% |
| Ascension St. Vincent Anderson Hospital both sides Anderson, IN · (765) 649-2511 MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C BI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,165.20 | $1,942.00 | $37.14–$700.00 | 40% |
| St. Vincent Carmel Hospital both sides Carmel, IN · (317) 582-7000 MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C BI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,165.20 | $1,942.00 | $49.04–$700.00 | 40% |
| Ascension St Vincent Mercy both sides Elwood, IN · (765) 552-4743 MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C BI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $3,224.40 | $5,374.00 | $49.04–$3,778.46 | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $582.60, median $833.37, highest $3,472.00 — a 6.0× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $1,165.20, median $1,165.20, highest $3,224.40 — a 2.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $757.91. 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 16 of 16 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 shoulder MRI is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Shoulder MRI explained.