Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

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

In Jackson, MS, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $998.76 to $1,364.79, with a median of $1,181.78. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 73721, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 17, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$998.76Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo
Median$1,181.78half pay less
Highest$1,364.79in this market
Difference1.4×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 Jackson, MS.

median
Lowest $998.76Highest $3,385.80
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo lowest Yazoo City, MS HC MR LOWER EXTREM JOINT WO CONTRAST $998.76 $2,436.00 59% Feb 17, 2026
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Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS HC MR LOWER EXTREM JOINT WO CONTRAST $1,364.79 $6,499.00 79% Feb 25, 2026
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River Oaks Hospital LLC one side Flowood, MS MRI Knee Right WO $3,385.80 $12,540.00 73% Apr 1, 2026
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River Oaks Hospital LLC one side Flowood, MS MRI Knee Left WO $3,385.80 $12,540.00 73% Apr 1, 2026
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River Oaks Hospital LLC one side Flowood, MS MRI Hip Right WO $3,385.80 $12,540.00 73% Apr 1, 2026
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River Oaks Hospital LLC one side Flowood, MS MRI Hip Left WO $3,385.80 $12,540.00 73% Apr 1, 2026
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River Oaks Hospital LLC one side Flowood, MS MRI Ankle Right WO $3,385.80 $12,540.00 73% Apr 1, 2026
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River Oaks Hospital LLC one side Flowood, MS MRI Ankle Left WO $3,385.80 $12,540.00 73% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $998.76, median $1,181.78, highest $1,364.79 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

One side of the body : lowest $3,385.80, median $3,385.80, highest $3,385.80.

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 2 facilities here, median $1,181.78 — 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 $2,257.20 — 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.