Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Outpatient

Knee MRI cost in Flagstaff, AZ

In Flagstaff, AZ, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye (one side of the body): from $1,381.65 to $1,900.98, with a median of $1,641.32. The lowest listed price is at Flagstaff Medical Center — $259.67 less than the median here. Across Arizona, the median is $1,448.75 at 50 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 73721, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 2, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Sep 22, 2026.

Lowest$1,381.65Flagstaff Medical Center

Median$1,641.32half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,900.98in this market

Difference1.4×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 Flagstaff, AZ.

median

Lowest $1,381.65Highest $1,900.98

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Flagstaff Medical Center one side lowest Flagstaff, AZ · (928) 779-3366 MRI Lower Ext Jt Wo Lt+1 more line at this price File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file	$1,381.65	$2,763.29	$222.87–$5,000.00	50%
Page Hospital one side Page, AZ · (928) 645-2424 MRI EXT LOWER JT WO CNT LT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 22, 2026 · source file	$1,900.98	$3,086.00	$166.84–$2,931.70	38%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

One side of the body : lowest $1,381.65, median $1,641.32, highest $1,900.98 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,641.32. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

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.