Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in El Paso, TX — inpatient

In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $189.93 to $563.46, with a median of $563.46. The lowest listed price is at University Medical Center Surgical Hospital.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 73721, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$189.93University Medical Center Surgical Hospital

Median$563.46half pay less

Highest$563.46in this market

Difference3.0×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 El Paso, TX.

median

Lowest $189.93Highest $563.46

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Off list	File date
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX NE MRI KNEE UNI W/O CONT	$189.93	$949.64	80%	— source file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX NE MRI EXT LOWER JT W/O CONT	$189.93	$949.64	80%	— source file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX NE MRI KNEE UNI W/O CONT	$189.93	$949.64	80%	— source file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX NE MRI EXT LOWER JT W/O CONT	$189.93	$949.64	80%	— source file
El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX MRI EXT LOWER JT W/O CONT	$194.40	$972.00	80%	— source file
El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX MRI KNEE UNI W/O CONT	$400.60	$2,003.00	80%	— source file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX MRI LWR EXT JT W/O	$518.83	$2,594.13	80%	— source file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX MRI LWR EXT JT WITHOUT	$518.83	$2,594.13	80%	— source file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX MRI LWR EXT JT W/O	$518.83	$2,594.13	80%	— source file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX MRI LWR EXT JT WITHOUT	$518.83	$2,594.13	80%	— source file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX REN MRI EXT LOWER JT W/O CONT	$563.46	$2,817.31	80%	— source file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX REN MRI KNEE UNI W/O CONT	$563.46	$2,817.31	80%	— source file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX REN MRI KNEE UNI W/O CONT	$563.46	$2,817.31	80%	— source file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX REN MRI EXT LOWER JT W/O CONT	$563.46	$2,817.31	80%	— source file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX ES MRI KNEE UNI W/O CONT	$563.46	$2,817.31	80%	— source file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX ES MRI EXT LOWER JT W/O CONT	$563.46	$2,817.31	80%	— source file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX WS MRI KNEE UNI W/O CONT	$563.46	$2,817.31	80%	— source file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX WS MRI EXT LOWER JT W/O CONT	$563.46	$2,817.31	80%	— source file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX ES MRI KNEE UNI W/O CONT	$563.46	$2,817.31	80%	— source file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX WS MRI EXT LOWER JT W/O CONT	$563.46	$2,817.31	80%	— source file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX WS MRI KNEE UNI W/O CONT	$563.46	$2,817.31	80%	— source file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX ES MRI EXT LOWER JT W/O CONT	$563.46	$2,817.31	80%	— source file

Inpatient: lowest $189.93, median $563.46, highest $563.46 — a 3.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $563.46 — 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.

2 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.

University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH MRI KNEE UNI W/O CONT	$168.70	file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH MRI EXT LOWER JT W/O CONT	$168.70	file