Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Outpatient

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Columbus, OH

In Columbus, OH, 17 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye: from $1,223.95 to $2,367.00, with a median of $1,365.96. The lowest listed price is at Pickerington Methodist Hospital.

Cash prices at 17 facilities across 11 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 Oct 22, 2025 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,223.95Pickerington Methodist Hospital
Median$1,365.96half pay less
Highest$2,367.00in this market
Difference1.9×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 Columbus, OH.

median
Lowest $1,223.95Highest $2,367.00
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Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Pickerington Methodist Hospital lowest Pickerington, OH Hc Mri Low Extremity Joint Wo Contrast $1,223.95 $1,883.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Doctors Hospital Columbus, OH Hc Mri Low Extremity Joint Wo Contrast $1,223.95 $1,883.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH Hc Mri Low Extremity Joint Wo Contrast $1,223.95 $1,883.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin, OH Hc Mri Low Extremity Joint Wo Contrast $1,223.95 $1,883.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH Hc Mri Low Extremity Joint Wo Contrast $1,223.95 $1,883.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Grove City Methodist Grove City, OH Hc Mri Low Extremity Joint Wo Contrast $1,223.95 $1,883.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Carmel Dublin one side Dublin, OH HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Rt $1,234.35 $1,899.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital one side New Albany, OH HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Rt $1,234.35 $1,899.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital one side New Albany, OH HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Lt $1,234.35 $1,899.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel East one side Columbus, OH HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Rt $1,234.35 $1,899.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel East one side Columbus, OH HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Lt $1,234.35 $1,899.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Diley Ridge Medical Center one side Canal Winchester, OH HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Rt $1,234.35 $1,899.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel St Ann's one side Westerville, OH HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Lt $1,234.35 $1,899.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel St Ann's one side Westerville, OH HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Rt $1,234.35 $1,899.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel Grove City one side Grove City, OH HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Rt $1,234.35 $1,899.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel Grove City one side Grove City, OH HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Lt $1,234.35 $1,899.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel Dublin one side Dublin, OH HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Lt $1,234.35 $1,899.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Diley Ridge Medical Center one side Canal Winchester, OH HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Lt $1,234.35 $1,899.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Grady Memorial Hospital Delaware, OH Hc Mri Low Extremity Joint Wo Contrast $1,309.10 $2,014.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital, Inc. Brookfield, WI HC MRI JOINT LOWER EXTREMITY WO CONTRAST $1,355.21 $2,557.00 47%
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Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital, Inc. Brookfield, WI HC MRI JOINT LOWER EXTREMITY WO CONTRAST $1,355.21 $2,557.00 47%
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Berger Hospital Circleville, OH Hc Mri Low Extremity Joint Wo Contrast $1,376.70 $2,118.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Diley Ridge Medical Center Canal Winchester, OH HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Bl $1,851.85 $2,849.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel East Columbus, OH HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Bl $1,851.85 $2,849.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital New Albany, OH HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Bl $1,851.85 $2,849.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel Grove City Grove City, OH HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Bl $1,851.85 $2,849.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel St Ann's Westerville, OH HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Bl $1,851.85 $2,849.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel Dublin Dublin, OH HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O Contrast Bl $1,851.85 $2,849.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Morrow County Hospital Mount Gilead, OH MRI scan of leg joint without contrast $2,096.84 $3,225.90 35% Oct 22, 2025
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Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH EXTREMITY, LOWER, JOINT, W/O CONTRAST $2,367.00 $2,630.00 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,223.95, median $1,365.96, highest $2,367.00 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.

One side of the body : lowest $1,234.35, median $1,234.35, highest $1,234.35.

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 16 facilities here, median $1,365.96. 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 6 facilities here, median $1,234.35. 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.