Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Outpatient

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye: from $649.20 to $3,178.66, with a median of $1,913.93. The lowest listed price is at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Cash prices at 3 facilities for code 73721, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Nov 21, 2025.

Lowest$649.20University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Median$1,913.93half pay less
Highest$3,178.66in this market
Difference4.9×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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR.

median
Lowest $649.20Highest $3,178.66
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences lowest Little Rock, AR MRI JNT OF LWR EXTRE W/O DYE $649.20 $1,082.00 40%
source file
Arkansas Heart Hospital LLC one side Little Rock, AR MRI Knee w/o Contrast Right - Report $847.20 $1,059.00 20% Nov 21, 2025
source file
Arkansas Heart Hospital LLC one side Little Rock, AR MRI Knee w/o Contrast Left - Report $847.20 $1,059.00 20% Nov 21, 2025
source file
Arkansas Heart Hospital LLC one side Little Rock, AR MRI Hip w/o Contrast Right - Report $847.20 $1,059.00 20% Nov 21, 2025
source file
Arkansas Heart Hospital LLC one side Little Rock, AR MRI Hip w/o Contrast Left - Report $847.20 $1,059.00 20% Nov 21, 2025
source file
Arkansas Heart Hospital LLC one side Little Rock, AR MRI Ankle w/o Contrast Right - Report $847.20 $1,059.00 20% Nov 21, 2025
source file
Arkansas Heart Hospital LLC one side Little Rock, AR MRI Ankle w/o Contrast Left - Report $847.20 $1,059.00 20% Nov 21, 2025
source file
Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR MRI JNT OF LWR EXTRE W/O DYE $3,178.66 $3,531.84 10%
source file

Outpatient: lowest $649.20, median $1,913.93, highest $3,178.66 — a 4.9× difference within the same market.

One side of the body : lowest $847.20, median $847.20, highest $847.20.

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.

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.