Shoulder MRI cost in Oklahoma City, OK
In Oklahoma City, OK, 5 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the shoulder, elbow or wrist joint, no contrast dye: from $630.69 to $2,282.80, with a median of $706.50. The lowest listed price is at Oklahoma Heart Hospital and 1 other hospital — $75.81 less than the median here. Across Oklahoma, the median is $1,795.30 at 23 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 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 Mar 27, 2026 and Jun 12, 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 Oklahoma City, OK.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital lowest Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 608-3200 HC MRI Ue, Joint, WO Contrast | $630.69 | $1,801.98 | $115.69–$1,621.78 | 65% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital lowest Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 608-3200 HC MRI, Joint Upper Extrem - MR Elbow WO IV Contrast | $630.69 | $1,801.98 | $115.69–$1,621.78 | 65% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital lowest Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 608-3200 HC MRI, Joint Upper Extrem - MR Shoulder WO IV Contrast | $630.69 | $1,801.98 | $115.69–$1,621.78 | 65% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital lowest Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 608-3200 HC MRI, Joint Upper Extrem - MR Wrist WO IV Contrast | $630.69 | $1,801.98 | $115.69–$1,621.78 | 65% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital South lowest Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 628-6000 HC MRI Ue, Joint, WO Contrast | $630.69 | $1,801.98 | $115.69–$1,621.78 | 65% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital South lowest Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 628-6000 HC MRI, Joint Upper Extrem - MR Elbow WO IV Contrast | $630.69 | $1,801.98 | $115.69–$1,621.78 | 65% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital South lowest Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 628-6000 HC MRI, Joint Upper Extrem - MR Shoulder WO IV Contrast | $630.69 | $1,801.98 | $115.69–$1,621.78 | 65% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital South lowest Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 628-6000 HC MRI, Joint Upper Extrem - MR Wrist WO IV Contrast | $630.69 | $1,801.98 | $115.69–$1,621.78 | 65% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Logan County Crescent, OK MRI Any Jt Upper Extremity W/O Contrast Matrl | $706.50 | $942.00 | $518.10 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Logan County Crescent, OK MRI Any Jt Upper Extremity W/O Contrast Matrl | $706.50 | $942.00 | $518.10 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City one side Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 755-1515 MRI Extr Uppr Jt WO Cont Rt | $1,994.85 | $3,069.00 | $120.75–$1,378.56 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City one side Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 755-1515 MRI Extr Uppr Jt WO Cont Lt | $1,994.85 | $3,069.00 | $209.37–$496.40 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Logan County one side Guthrie, OK · (405) 282-6700 MRI Extr Uppr Jt WO Cont Lt | $2,282.80 | $3,512.00 | $570.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Logan County one side Guthrie, OK · (405) 282-6700 MRI Extr Uppr Jt WO Cont Rt | $2,282.80 | $3,512.00 | $570.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City both sides Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 755-1515 MRI Extr Uppr Jt WO Cont Bi | $2,993.25 | $4,605.00 | $209.37–$496.40 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Logan County both sides Guthrie, OK · (405) 282-6700 MRI Extr Uppr Jt WO Cont Bi | $3,249.35 | $4,999.00 | $570.00 | 35% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $630.69, median $706.50, highest $2,282.80 — a 3.6× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $2,993.25, median $3,121.30, highest $3,249.35 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $668.60. 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 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.
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.
| OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center|Oklahoma Childrens Hospital| OU Health Edmond Medical Center Oklahoma City, OKMRI JOINT UPR EXTREM W/O DYE | $29.18 | file |