Scans and imaging CPT 73221 Outpatient

Shoulder MRI cost in Princeton, IN

In Princeton, IN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the shoulder, elbow or wrist joint, no contrast dye: from $984.21 to $984.21, with a median of $984.21. Across Indiana, the median is $1,311.09 at 46 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Feb 11, 2026 and Feb 11, 2026.

Lowest$984.21Gibson General Hospital
Median$984.21half pay less
Highest$984.21in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Gibson General Hospital Princeton, IN · (812) 385-3401 HC MRI UPPER EXTREMITY JOINT W/O CONTRAST $984.21 $1,857.00 $464.25–$1,671.30 47% Feb 11, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $984.21, median $984.21, highest $984.21.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $984.21. 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 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.

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.

Gibson General Hospital Princeton, INCHG MRI ANY JT UPPER EXTREMITY W/O CONTRAST MATRL $96.25 file