Scans and imaging CPT 73221 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Shoulder MRI cost in Horse Cave, KY — inpatient

In Horse Cave, KY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the shoulder, elbow or wrist joint, no contrast dye (one side of the body) as an inpatient: from $1,086.00 to $1,086.00, with a median of $1,086.00. Across Kentucky, the median is $1,716.56 at 76 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 73221, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,086.00The Medical Center at Caverna

Median$1,086.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,086.00in this market

Difference1.0×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 Horse Cave, KY.

median

Lowest $1,086.00Highest $1,846.80

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
The Medical Center at Caverna one side lowest Horse Cave, KY · (270) 786-2191 MR UP EXT ANY JT WO CON LEFT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,086.00	$1,810.00	$698.35–$1,537.05	40%
The Medical Center at Caverna one side Horse Cave, KY · (270) 786-2191 MR UP EXT ANY JT WO CON LEFT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,249.20	$2,082.00	$813.99–$1,638.33	40%
The Medical Center at Caverna both sides Horse Cave, KY · (270) 786-2191 MR UP EXT ANY JT WO CON BILAT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,846.80	$3,078.00	$1,203.40–$2,613.84	40%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

One side of the body : lowest $1,086.00, median $1,086.00, highest $1,086.00.

Both sides : lowest $1,846.80, median $1,846.80, highest $1,846.80.

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 outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,086.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.