Scans and imaging CPT 73221 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Shoulder MRI cost in Jacksonville, FL — inpatient

In Jacksonville, FL, 5 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the shoulder, elbow or wrist joint, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $843.05 to $4,752.39, with a median of $1,136.27. The lowest listed price is at Ascension St Vincent's St Johns County — $293.22 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $2,219.97 at 78 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 3 cities for code 73221, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

Lowest$843.05Ascension St Vincent's St Johns County
Median$1,136.27half pay less
Highest$4,752.39in this market
Difference5.6×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 Jacksonville, FL.

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Lowest $843.05Highest $4,752.39

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ascension St Vincent's St Johns County one side lowest Saint Johns, FL · (904) 450-6020 MRI UPPER EXT JOINT W/O RT $843.05 $2,278.50 $455.70–$843.04 63% —
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Ascension St Vincent's St Johns County one side lowest Saint Johns, FL · (904) 450-6020 MRI UPPER EXT JOINT W/O LT $843.05 $2,278.50 $455.70–$843.04 63% —
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Ascension St Vincent's Riverside one side Jacksonville, FL · (904) 308-7300 MRI UPPER EXT JOINT W/O RT $1,136.27 $3,071.00 $467.01–$1,136.27 63% —
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Ascension St Vincent's Riverside one side Jacksonville, FL · (904) 308-7300 MRI UPPER EXT JOINT LT $1,136.27 $3,071.00 $467.01–$1,136.27 63% —
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Ascension St Vincent's Riverside one side Jacksonville, FL · (904) 308-7300 MRI UPPER EXT JOINT RT $1,136.27 $3,071.00 $467.01–$1,136.27 63% —
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Ascension St Vincent's Southside one side Jacksonville, FL · (904) 296-3700 MRI UPPER EXT JOINT LT $1,136.27 $3,071.00 $525.31–$1,136.27 63% —
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Ascension St Vincent's Southside one side Jacksonville, FL · (904) 296-3700 MRI UPPER EXT JOINT RT $1,136.27 $3,071.00 $525.31–$1,136.27 63% —
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Ascension St Vincent's Southside one side Jacksonville, FL · (904) 296-3700 MRI UPPER EXT JOINT W/O LT $1,136.27 $3,071.00 $525.31–$1,136.27 63% —
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St. Vincent's Medical Center-Clay County one side Middleburg, FL · (904) 602-1000 MRI UPPER EXT JOINT LT $1,136.27 $3,071.00 $467.01–$1,136.27 63% —
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St. Vincent's Medical Center-Clay County one side Middleburg, FL · (904) 602-1000 MRI UPPER EXT JOINT RT $1,136.27 $3,071.00 $467.01–$1,136.27 63% —
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St. Vincent's Medical Center-Clay County one side Middleburg, FL · (904) 602-1000 MRI UPPER EXT JOINT W/O LT $1,136.27 $3,071.00 $467.01–$1,136.27 63% —
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St. Vincent's Medical Center-Clay County one side Middleburg, FL · (904) 602-1000 MRI UPPER EXT JOINT W/O RT $1,136.27 $3,071.00 $467.01–$1,136.27 63% —
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Ascension St Vincent's St Johns County one side Saint Johns, FL · (904) 450-6020 MRI UPPER EXT JOINT LT $1,136.27 $3,071.00 $467.01–$1,136.27 63% —
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Ascension St Vincent's St Johns County one side Saint Johns, FL · (904) 450-6020 MRI UPPER EXT JOINT RT $1,136.27 $3,071.00 $467.01–$1,136.27 63% —
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Ascension St Vincent's Southside one side Jacksonville, FL · (904) 296-3700 MRI UPPER EXT JOINT W/O RT $1,136.27 $3,071.00 $525.31–$1,136.27 63% —
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Ascension St Vincent's Riverside one side Jacksonville, FL · (904) 308-7300 MRI UPPER EXT JOINT W/O LT $1,136.27 $3,071.00 $467.01–$1,136.27 63% —
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University of Florida Health in Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · (904) 244-4000 HB MRI UPP EXT W/O ANY JT $4,752.39 $8,640.71 $3,629.10–$8,208.67 45% Mar 31, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $843.05, median $1,136.27, highest $4,752.39 — a 5.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $1,752.12 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 of 5 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.