Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Outpatient

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR

In Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye: from $3,178.66 to $3,178.66, with a median of $3,178.66.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 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 — and —.

Lowest$3,178.66Ozarks Community Hospital
Median$3,178.66half pay less
Highest$3,178.66in 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 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR.

median
Lowest $900.00Highest $3,178.66
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Ozarks Community Hospital one side lowest Gravette, AR MRI LOWER EXTREMITY ANY JOINT WO LEFT $900.00 $2,335.00 61%
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Ozarks Community Hospital one side Gravette, AR MRI LOWER EXTREMITY ANY JOINT WO RIGHT $900.00 $2,335.00 61%
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Mercy Hospital Rogers dba Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas one side Department Bella Vista, AR MRI Extr Lwr Jt WO Cont Rt $1,862.25 $2,865.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Rogers dba Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas one side Department Bella Vista, AR MRI Extr Lwr Jt WO Cont Lt $1,862.25 $2,865.00 35%
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Arkansas Childrens Northwest Springdale, AR MRI JNT OF LWR EXTRE W/O DYE $3,178.66 $3,531.84 10%
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Ozarks Community Hospital both sides Gravette, AR MRI BILAT LOWER EXT ANY JOINT W/O CONT $900.00 $2,335.00 61%
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Mercy Hospital Rogers dba Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas both sides Department Bella Vista, AR MRI Extr Lwr Jt WO Cont Bi $2,907.45 $4,473.00 35%
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Both sides : lowest $900.00, median $1,903.73, highest $2,907.45 — a 3.2× difference within the same market.

Outpatient: lowest $3,178.66, median $3,178.66, highest $3,178.66.

One side of the body : lowest $900.00, median $1,381.13, highest $1,862.25 — a 2.1× 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 inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $900.00. 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 $900.00. 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.