Scans and imaging CPT 73221 Outpatient

Shoulder MRI cost in Terre Haute, IN

In Terre Haute, IN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the shoulder, elbow or wrist joint, no contrast dye: from $1,837.80 to $2,574.51, with a median of $2,206.16. The lowest listed price is at St. Vincent Clay Hospital — $368.36 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $1,311.09 at 46 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Jun 10, 2026 and Jun 10, 2026.

Lowest$1,837.80St. Vincent Clay Hospital
Median$2,206.16half pay less
Highest$2,574.51in this market
Difference1.4×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 Terre Haute, IN.

median
Lowest $1,837.80Highest $3,675.60
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St. Vincent Clay Hospital lowest Brazil, IN · (812) 442-2500 MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C UNI $1,837.80 $3,063.00 $37.14–$2,061.40 40% —
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St. Vincent Clay Hospital lowest Brazil, IN · (812) 442-2500 MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C UNI $1,837.80 $3,063.00 $37.14–$2,061.40 40% —
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Sullivan County Community Hospital Sullivan, IN · (812) 268-4311 MRI scan of arm joint without contrast $2,574.51 $3,432.68 $129.22–$2,917.78 25% Jun 10, 2026
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St. Vincent Clay Hospital both sides Brazil, IN · (812) 442-2500 MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C BI $3,675.60 $6,126.00 $37.14–$4,122.80 40% —
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St. Vincent Clay Hospital both sides Brazil, IN · (812) 442-2500 MRI UP EXT ANY JNT WO/C BI $3,675.60 $6,126.00 $37.14–$4,122.80 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $1,837.80, median $2,206.16, highest $2,574.51 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $3,675.60, median $3,675.60, highest $3,675.60.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,837.80. 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 2 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.