Scans and imaging CPT 73221 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Shoulder MRI cost in Massena, NY — inpatient

In Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the shoulder, elbow or wrist joint, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $1,987.67 to $2,427.68, with a median of $2,088.20. The lowest listed price is at Canton-Potsdam Hospital — $100.53 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $934.53 at 60 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,987.67Canton-Potsdam Hospital
Median$2,088.20half pay less
Highest$2,427.68in this market
Difference1.2×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 Massena-Ogdensburg, NY.

median
Lowest $1,987.67Highest $2,427.68

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Canton-Potsdam Hospital lowest Potsdam, NY · (315) 265-3300 HC MRI UPPER EXTREMITY ANY JOINT WO CONTRAST $1,987.67 $3,057.95 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Gouverneur Hospital Gouverneur, NY · (315) 287-1000 HC MRI UPPER EXTREMITY ANY JOINT WO CONTRAST $2,088.20 $3,212.62 — 35% —
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Slhs Massena Massena, NY · (315) 769-4234 HC MRI UPPER EXTREMITY ANY JOINT WO CONTRAST $2,427.68 $3,734.90 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $1,987.67, median $2,088.20, highest $2,427.68 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $2,088.20 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.