SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Boise City, ID

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 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 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa NAMPA, ID
HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Lt
one side $1,493.70 $2,298.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
file
Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa NAMPA, ID
HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Rt
one side $1,493.70 Mar 31, 2026
file
Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa NAMPA, ID
HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Rt
one side $1,493.70 $2,298.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
file
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise BOISE, ID
HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Rt
one side $1,493.70 Mar 31, 2026
file
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise BOISE, ID
HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Lt
one side $1,493.70 $2,298.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
file
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise BOISE, ID
HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Rt
one side $1,493.70 $2,298.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
file
St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD BOISE, ID
$1,857.00 $1,857.00
file
St Luke's Nampa Medical Center, LTD NAMPA, ID
$1,857.00 $1,857.00
file
Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa NAMPA, ID
HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Bl
$2,240.55 $3,447.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
file
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise BOISE, ID
HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Bl
$2,240.55 $3,447.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $1,857.00, median $2,048.78, highest $2,240.55 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

One side of the body : lowest $1,493.70, median $1,493.70, highest $1,493.70.

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 4 facilities here, median $2,663.78. 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 2 facilities here, median $1,493.70. 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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