Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

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

In Evansville, IN, 3 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $431.20 to $2,140.10, with a median of $1,179.00. The lowest listed price is at Deaconess Hospital, Inc.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 73721, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 11, 2026 and Feb 13, 2026.

Lowest$431.20Deaconess Hospital, Inc
Median$1,179.00half pay less
Highest$2,140.10in this market
Difference5.0×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 Evansville, IN.

median
Lowest $431.20Highest $2,358.00
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Deaconess Hospital, Inc lowest Newburgh, IN CHG MRI ANY JT LOWER EXTREM W/O CONTRAST MATRL $431.20 $1,232.00 65% Feb 13, 2026
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Deaconess Hospital, Inc Newburgh, IN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT W/O CONTRAST $673.53 $2,041.00 67% Feb 11, 2026
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St. Mary's Warrick Hospital, Inc. Boonville, IN MRI LOW EXTR ANY JNT W/O UNI $1,179.00 $1,965.00 40%
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St. Mary's Warrick Hospital, Inc. Boonville, IN MRI LOW EXTR ANY JNT W/O UNI $1,179.00 $1,965.00 40%
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St. Mary's Health, Inc. Evansville, IN MRI LOW EXTR ANY JNT W/O UNI $1,179.00 $1,965.00 40%
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Deaconess Hospital, Inc Newburgh, IN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT W/O CONTRAST $2,140.10 $3,627.28 41% Feb 13, 2026
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St. Mary's Warrick Hospital, Inc. both sides Boonville, IN MRI LOW EXTR ANY JNT W/O BI $2,358.00 $3,930.00 40%
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St. Mary's Warrick Hospital, Inc. both sides Boonville, IN MRI LOW EXTR ANY JNT W/O BI $2,358.00 $3,930.00 40%
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Both sides : lowest $2,358.00, median $2,358.00, highest $2,358.00.

Inpatient: lowest $431.20, median $1,179.00, highest $2,140.10 — a 5.0× difference within the same market.

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 $2,358.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,179.00 — 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is 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.

Deaconess Hospital, Inc Newburgh, INCHG MRI ANY JT LOWER EXTREM W/O CONTRAST MATRL $96.25 file