Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Outpatient

Knee MRI cost in Grand Junction, CO

In Grand Junction, CO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye (one side of the body): from $1,974.70 to $1,974.70, with a median of $1,974.70. Across Colorado, the median is $1,420.42 at 12 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 73721, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$1,974.70Family Health West Hospital
Median$1,974.70half pay less
Highest$1,974.70in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Family Health West Hospital one side Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 HC MRI LOWER JOINT UNILATERAL W/O CONTRAST $1,974.70 $2,821.00 — 30% —
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One side of the body : lowest $1,974.70, median $1,974.70, highest $1,974.70.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,974.70. 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 73721 ($1,730.00). 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.

Family Health West Hospital Fruita, COCAH MRI ANY JT LOWER EXTREM W/O CONTRAST MATRL $98.70 file