Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Outpatient

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Grand Rapids, MN

In Grand Rapids, MN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye: from $855.50 to $2,103.93, with a median of $1,479.72. The lowest listed price is at Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Jan 1, 2026 and Jan 28, 2026.

Lowest$855.50Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Median$1,479.72half pay less
Highest$2,103.93in this market
Difference2.5×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 Grand Rapids, MN.

median
Lowest $855.50Highest $2,103.93

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital lowest Grand Rapids, MN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT W/O CONT $855.50 $2,012.93 57% Jan 28, 2026
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Essentia Health Deer River NE Deer River, MN MRI LOW EXT JNT WO/CONT TC $2,103.93 $2,847.00 26% Jan 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $855.50, median $1,479.72, highest $2,103.93 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $854.25. 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.