SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Bradford, PA

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 — and —.

Hospital		Cash price	List price	Off	File date
UPMC Kane KANE, PA MR LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT WO LEFT	one side	$2,181.60	$3,636.00	40%	— file
UPMC Kane KANE, PA MR LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT WO RIGHT	one side	$2,181.60	$3,636.00	40%	— file
UPMC Kane KANE, PA MR LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT WO BILATERAL	both sides	$4,363.20	$7,272.00	40%	— file

Both sides : lowest $4,363.20, median $4,363.20, highest $4,363.20.

One side of the body : lowest $2,181.60, median $2,181.60, highest $2,181.60.

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 $4,363.20. 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 $2,181.60. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 73721 ($1,661.02). 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.

UPMC Kane KANE, PA PF MR LOWER EXT JT WO BI	$145.20	file
UPMC Kane KANE, PA PF MR LOWER EXT JT WO LT	$145.20	file
UPMC Kane KANE, PA PF MR LOWER EXT JT WO RT	$145.20	file

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