Scans and imaging CPT 73221 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Shoulder MRI cost in Winters, TX — inpatient

In Winters, TX, 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 $1,610.00 to $1,610.00, with a median of $1,610.00. Across Texas, the median is $1,790.25 at 265 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 73221, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 20, 2024 and Sep 20, 2024.

Lowest$1,610.00North Runnels County Hospital

Median$1,610.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,610.00in 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 Winters, TX.

median

Lowest $1,610.00Highest $1,610.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
North Runnels County Hospital one side lowest Winters, TX · (375) 754-4553 MRI UPPR EXT ANY JNT W/O-RT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 20, 2024 · source file	$1,610.00	$2,300.00	$195.37–$1,230.93	30%

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 $1,610.00, median $1,610.00, highest $1,610.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,610.00 — 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 not 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.