Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Outpatient

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

In Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 8 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye: from $403.04 to $2,865.00, with a median of $1,715.35. The lowest listed price is at Boston Medical Center South.

Cash prices at 8 facilities across 5 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 — and —.

Lowest$403.04Boston Medical Center South
Median$1,715.35half pay less
Highest$2,865.00in this market
Difference7.1×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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.

median
Lowest $403.04Highest $2,865.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Boston Medical Center South lowest Brockton, MA HC Chg MRI Any Jt Lower Extrem W/O Contrast Matrl $403.04 $895.64 55%
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Boston Medical Center Brighton Boston, MA HC Chg MRI Any Jt Lower Extrem W/O Contrast Matrl $449.36 $998.58 55%
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Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA HC MRI - Le Jnt WO Contr $1,141.70 $1,631.00 30%
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Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge, MA HC MRI Jnt of Lwr Ext Non Contrast $1,603.00 $1,603.00
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Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA HC MRI - Le Jnt WO Contr $1,827.70 $2,611.00 30%
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Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA HC MRI - Le Jnt WO Contr $1,878.80 $2,684.00 30%
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Boston Medical Center Boston, MA HC Chg MRI Any Jt Lower Extrem W/O Contrast Matrl $2,075.85 $4,613.00 55%
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Shriners Childrens - Boston Boston, MA MRI JNT OF LWR EXTRE W/O DYE $2,865.00 $2,865.00
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Outpatient: lowest $403.04, median $1,715.35, highest $2,865.00 — a 7.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $1,603.00. 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.