Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Outpatient

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, 13 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye: from $652.05 to $3,174.46, with a median of $728.19. The lowest listed price is at Ascension Seton.

Cash prices at 13 facilities across 10 cities for code 73721, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 5, 2026 and Jun 13, 2026.

Lowest$652.05Ascension Seton
Median$728.19half pay less
Highest$3,174.46in this market
Difference4.9×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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.

median
Lowest $652.05Highest $3,174.46

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Ascension Seton lowest Smithville, TX MR LW EXT WO J L LTD $652.05 $1,811.25 64%
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Ascension Seton Smithville, TX MR LW EXT WO J L LTD $652.05 $1,811.25 64%
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Ascension Seton Smithville, TX MR LW EXT WO J R LTD $652.05 $1,811.25 64%
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Ascension Seton Smithville, TX MR LW EXT WO J R LTD $652.05 $1,811.25 64%
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Ascension Seton Kyle, TX MR LW EXT WO J L LTD $652.05 $1,811.25 64%
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Ascension Seton Kyle, TX MR LW EXT WO J L LTD $652.05 $1,811.25 64%
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Ascension Seton Kyle, TX MR LW EXT WO J R LTD $652.05 $1,811.25 64%
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Ascension Seton Kyle, TX MR LW EXT WO J R LTD $652.05 $1,811.25 64%
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Ascension Seton Kyle, TX MR LW EXT WO J L $693.54 $1,926.50 64%
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Ascension Seton Kyle, TX MR LW EXT WO J L $693.54 $1,926.50 64%
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Ascension Seton Kyle, TX MR LW EXT WO J R $693.54 $1,926.50 64%
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Ascension Seton Kyle, TX MR LW EXT WO J R $693.54 $1,926.50 64%
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Ascension Seton Luling, TX MR LW EXT WO J R LTD $711.81 $1,977.25 64%
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Ascension Seton Luling, TX MR LW EXT WO J R LTD $711.81 $1,977.25 64%
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Ascension Seton Luling, TX MR LW EXT WO J L LTD $711.81 $1,977.25 64%
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Ascension Seton Luling, TX MR LW EXT WO J L LTD $711.81 $1,977.25 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Smithville, TX MR LW EXT WO J R $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Smithville, TX MR LW EXT WO J R $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Smithville, TX MR LW EXT WO J L $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Smithville, TX MR LW EXT WO J L $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX LO EXTR,JNT,R,LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX LO EXTR,JNT,R,LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX LO EXTR,JNT,L,LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX LO EXTR,JNT,L,LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R LTD $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R $728.19 $2,022.75 64%
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Ascension Seton Luling, TX MR LW EXT WO J L $776.52 $2,157.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Luling, TX MR LW EXT WO J L $776.52 $2,157.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Luling, TX MR LW EXT WO J R $776.52 $2,157.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Luling, TX MR LW EXT WO J R $776.52 $2,157.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Kyle, TX MR LW EXT WO J R PEDI $1,205.64 $3,349.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Kyle, TX MR LW EXT WO J L PEDI $1,205.64 $3,349.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Kyle, TX LO EXTR,JNT,R,LTD PEDI $1,205.64 $3,349.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Kyle, TX LO EXTR,JNT,R,LTD PEDI $1,205.64 $3,349.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Kyle, TX MR LW EXT WO J R PEDI $1,205.64 $3,349.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Kyle, TX MR LW EXT WO J L PEDI $1,205.64 $3,349.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Smithville, TX LO EXTR,JNT,L,LTD PEDI $1,205.64 $3,349.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Smithville, TX LO EXTR,JNT,L,LTD PEDI $1,205.64 $3,349.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Kyle, TX LO EXTR,JNT,L,LTD PEDI $1,205.64 $3,349.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Kyle, TX LO EXTR,JNT,L,LTD PEDI $1,205.64 $3,349.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Smithville, TX LO EXTR,JNT,R,LTD PEDI $1,205.64 $3,349.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Smithville, TX LO EXTR,JNT,R,LTD PEDI $1,205.64 $3,349.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Smithville, TX MR LW EXT WO J L PEDI $1,205.64 $3,349.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Smithville, TX MR LW EXT WO J L PEDI $1,205.64 $3,349.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Smithville, TX MR LW EXT WO J R PEDI $1,205.64 $3,349.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Smithville, TX MR LW EXT WO J R PEDI $1,205.64 $3,349.00 64%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R LTD $1,267.88 $1,811.25 30%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R LTD $1,267.88 $1,811.25 30%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L LTD $1,267.88 $1,811.25 30%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L LTD $1,267.88 $1,811.25 30%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R $1,415.93 $2,022.75 30%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L $1,415.93 $2,022.75 30%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R $1,415.93 $2,022.75 30%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L $1,415.93 $2,022.75 30%
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Ascension Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX MR-LW JOINT WO $2,198.29 $6,106.37 64%
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Ascension Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX MR-LW JOINT WO $2,198.29 $6,106.37 64%
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway, TX HC MRI EXT LOWER JNT W/O CON $2,257.48 $3,762.47 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Round Rock, TX HC MRI EXT LOWER JNT W/O CON $2,257.48 $3,762.47 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor Taylor, TX HC MRI EXT LOWER JNT W/O CON $2,257.48 $3,762.47 40% Jun 12, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin Austin, TX HC MRI EXT LOWER JNT W/O CON $2,257.48 $3,762.47 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda, TX HC MRI EXT LOWER JNT W/O CON $2,257.48 $3,762.47 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville, TX HC MRI EXT LOWER JNT W/O CON $2,257.48 $3,762.47 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX HC MRI EXT LOWER JNT W/O CON $2,257.48 $3,762.47 40% Jun 3, 2026
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX LO EXTR,JNT,L,LTD PEDI $2,344.30 $3,349.00 30%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX LO EXTR,JNT,L,LTD PEDI $2,344.30 $3,349.00 30%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX LO EXTR,JNT,R,LTD PEDI $2,344.30 $3,349.00 30%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX LO EXTR,JNT,R,LTD PEDI $2,344.30 $3,349.00 30%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L PEDI $2,344.30 $3,349.00 30%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J L PEDI $2,344.30 $3,349.00 30%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R PEDI $2,344.30 $3,349.00 30%
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX MR LW EXT WO J R PEDI $2,344.30 $3,349.00 30%
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Texas Children's Hospital - Austin Austin, TX TC MRI, EXTREMITY ANY JOINT, LOWER EXTREMITY W/O CONTR $3,174.46 $4,738.00 33% Mar 5, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $652.05, median $728.19, highest $3,174.46 — a 4.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $728.19. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

An MRI of a lower-limb joint makes detailed pictures of the joint, usually the knee, though the code also covers the hip and ankle. It shows ligaments, cartilage, the meniscus and tendons that do 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.