Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Outpatient

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Fort Smith, AR-OK

In Fort Smith, AR-OK, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye (one side of the body): from $1,365.00 to $1,365.00, with a median of $1,365.00.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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$1,365.00Mercy Hospital Fort Smith
Median$1,365.00half pay less
Highest$1,365.00in 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 Fort Smith, AR-OK.

median
Lowest $1,365.00Highest $2,048.15
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith one side lowest Fort Smith, AR MRI Extr Lwr Jt WO Cont Rt $1,365.00 $2,100.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Fort Smith one side Fort Smith, AR MRI Extr Lwr Jt WO Cont Lt $1,365.00 $2,100.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Fort Smith one side Fort Smith, AR MRI Extr Lwr Jt WO Cont Rt $1,365.00 $2,100.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Fort Smith one side Fort Smith, AR MRI Extr Lwr Jt WO Cont Lt $1,365.00 $2,100.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Fort Smith both sides Fort Smith, AR MRI Extr Lwr Jt WO Cont Bi $2,048.15 $3,151.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Fort Smith both sides Fort Smith, AR MRI Extr Lwr Jt WO Cont Bi $2,048.15 $3,151.00 35%
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Both sides : lowest $2,048.15, median $2,048.15, highest $2,048.15.

One side of the body : lowest $1,365.00, median $1,365.00, highest $1,365.00.

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.

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.