Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Huntsville, AL — inpatient

In Huntsville, AL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $2,445.35 to $2,445.35, with a median of $2,445.35.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 73721, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 21, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Jan 1, 2026.

Lowest$2,445.35Crestwood Medical Center
Median$2,445.35half pay less
Highest$2,445.35in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Crestwood Medical Center Huntsville, AL MR-LW JOINT WO $2,445.35 $11,644.50 79% Jan 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $2,445.35, median $2,445.35, highest $2,445.35.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,096.01 — 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 73721 ($1,751.40). 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.

Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, ALPAMINE 2.5MG TABLET $7.28 file