SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 73721, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Mercy Medical Center, Inc. BALTIMORE, MD
HC MRI LOWER EXTREM JT, W/O CONTRAST LT
one side $451.99 $461.21 2%
file
Mercy Medical Center, Inc. BALTIMORE, MD
HC MRI LOWER EXTREM JT, W/O CONTRAST RT
one side $451.99 $461.21 2%
file
Greater Baltimore Medical Center TOWSON, MD
HC MRI-Hip/Knee/Ankle
$608.81 $621.23 2%
file

Outpatient: lowest $608.81, median $608.81, highest $608.81.

One side of the body : lowest $451.99, median $451.99, highest $451.99.

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 $608.81. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $451.99. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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