Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — inpatient

In Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $2,148.60 to $2,148.60, with a median of $2,148.60.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 73721, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$2,148.60Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Median$2,148.60half pay less
Highest$2,148.60in 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 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC.

median
Lowest $2,148.60Highest $2,658.60
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Beaufort Memorial Hospital lowest Beaufort, SC LOWER EXT JOINT L WO CONT $2,148.60 $3,581.00 40%
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Beaufort Memorial Hospital Beaufort, SC LOWER EXT JOINT R WO CONT $2,148.60 $3,581.00 40%
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Beaufort Memorial Hospital both sides Beaufort, SC LOWER EXT JOINT BI WO CONT $2,658.60 $4,431.00 40%
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Both sides : lowest $2,658.60, median $2,658.60, highest $2,658.60.

Inpatient: lowest $2,148.60, median $2,148.60, highest $2,148.60.

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 outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,658.60 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,148.60 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.