Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Outpatient

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Bay City, MI

In Bay City, MI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye (one side of the body): from $1,074.05 to $1,074.05, with a median of $1,074.05. Across Michigan, the median is $1,292.29 at 56 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Dec 31, 2025 and Dec 31, 2025.

Lowest$1,074.05McLaren Bay Region
Median$1,074.05half pay less
Highest$1,074.05in 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 Bay City, MI.

median
Lowest $1,074.05Highest $1,074.05
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
McLaren Bay Region one side lowest Bay City, MI Add On - MRI Hip w/o Contrast Right $1,074.05 $2,148.10 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Bay Region one side lowest Bay City, MI MRI Hip w/o Contrast Left $1,074.05 $2,148.10 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Bay Region one side lowest Bay City, MI MRI Lower Joint w/o Contrast Right $1,074.05 $2,148.10 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Bay Region one side lowest Bay City, MI MRI Knee w/o Contrast Right $1,074.05 $2,148.10 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Bay Region one side lowest Bay City, MI MRI Knee w/o Contrast Left $1,074.05 $2,148.10 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Bay Region one side lowest Bay City, MI MRI Lower Joint w/o Contrast Left $1,074.05 $2,148.10 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Bay Region one side lowest Bay City, MI MRI Hip w/o Contrast Right $1,074.05 $2,148.10 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Bay Region one side lowest Bay City, MI MRI Ankle w/o Contrast Right $1,074.05 $2,148.10 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Bay Region one side lowest Bay City, MI MRI Ankle w/o Contrast Left $1,074.05 $2,148.10 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Bay Region both sides Bay City, MI MRI Hips w/o Contrast Bilateral $1,074.05 $2,148.10 50% Dec 31, 2025
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Both sides : lowest $1,074.05, median $1,074.05, highest $1,074.05.

One side of the body : lowest $1,074.05, median $1,074.05, highest $1,074.05.

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.

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.

10 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 73721 ($1,685.48). 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.

McLaren Bay Region Bay City, MIAdd On - MRI Hip w/o Contrast Right PRO $88.90 file
McLaren Bay Region Bay City, MIMRI Knee w/o Contrast Right - Report $88.90 file
McLaren Bay Region Bay City, MIMRI Knee w/o Contrast Left - Report $88.90 file
McLaren Bay Region Bay City, MIMRI Hip w/o Contrast Right - Report $88.90 file
McLaren Bay Region Bay City, MIMRI Hip w/o Contrast Left - Report $88.90 file
McLaren Bay Region Bay City, MIMRI Lower Joint w/o Contrast Right - Report $88.90 file
McLaren Bay Region Bay City, MIMRI Lower Joint w/o Contrast Left - Report $88.90 file
McLaren Bay Region Bay City, MIMRI Hips w/o Contrast Bilateral - Report $88.90 file
McLaren Bay Region Bay City, MIMRI Ankle w/o Contrast Right - Report $88.90 file
McLaren Bay Region Bay City, MIMRI Ankle w/o Contrast Left - Report $88.90 file