Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

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

In Bradford, PA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye (one side of the body) as an inpatient: from $2,181.60 to $2,181.60, with a median of $2,181.60.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 73721, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$2,181.60UPMC Kane
Median$2,181.60half pay less
Highest$2,181.60in 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 Bradford, PA.

median
Lowest $2,181.60Highest $4,363.20
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
UPMC Kane one side lowest Kane, PA MR LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT WO LEFT $2,181.60 $3,636.00 40%
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UPMC Kane one side Kane, PA MR LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT WO RIGHT $2,181.60 $3,636.00 40%
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UPMC Kane both sides Kane, PA MR LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT WO BILATERAL $4,363.20 $7,272.00 40%
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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 outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $4,363.20 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,181.60 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 73721 ($1,751.40). 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, PAPF MR LOWER EXT JT WO BI $145.20 file
UPMC Kane Kane, PAPF MR LOWER EXT JT WO LT $145.20 file
UPMC Kane Kane, PAPF MR LOWER EXT JT WO RT $145.20 file