MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
In Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, 21 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye: from $251.68 to $2,079.00, with a median of $1,206.13. The lowest listed price is at Methodist Hospital.
Cash prices at 21 facilities across 18 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 29, 2026 and Jun 17, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist Hospital lowest St. Louis Park, MN MRI lower extremity joint | $251.68 | $968.00 | 74% | — source file |
| Childrens Health Care Minneapolis, MN 73721 MRI ANY JT LOWER EXTREM W/O CONTRAST MATRL | $367.00 | $367.00 | — | May 7, 2026 source file |
| Allina Health Systems Coon Rapids, MN HCHG RAD MRI JOINT LOWER EXTREMITY WO LIMITED | $615.70 | $1,282.70 | 52% | Jun 17, 2026 source file |
| Allina Health Systems Minneapolis, MN HCHG RAD MRI JOINT LOWER EXTREMITY WO LIMITED | $615.70 | $1,282.70 | 52% | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Regions Hospital St. Paul, MN MRI lower extremity joint | $752.70 | $2,895.00 | 74% | — source file |
| Fairview Bethesda Hospital St. Paul, MN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT W/O CONT | $805.83 | $2,009.53 | 60% | Jan 29, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Princeton, MN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT W/O CONT | $805.83 | $2,009.53 | 60% | Jan 29, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Wyoming, MN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT W/O CONT | $806.21 | $2,010.48 | 60% | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| Maple Grove Hospital Corporation Maple Grove, MN Magnetic resonance imaging MRI), leg joint | $806.31 | $1,530.00 | 47% | — source file |
| North Memorial Health Care Robbinsdale, MN Magnetic resonance imaging MRI), leg joint | $806.31 | $1,530.00 | 47% | — source file |
| Allina Health Systems Minneapolis, MN HCHG RAD MRI JOINT LOWER EXTREMITY WO | $820.99 | $1,710.40 | 52% | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Allina Health Systems Coon Rapids, MN HCHG RAD MRI JOINT LOWER EXTREMITY WO | $820.99 | $1,710.40 | 52% | Jun 17, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN Outpatient Services | $1,206.13 | $3,007.78 | 60% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT W/O CONT | $1,206.13 | $3,007.78 | 60% | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Edina, MN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT W/O CONT | $1,206.13 | $3,007.78 | 60% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT W/O CONT | $1,206.13 | $3,007.78 | 60% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital Woodbury, MN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT W/O CONT | $1,206.13 | $3,007.78 | 60% | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Burnsville, MN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT W/O CONT | $1,281.38 | $3,015.00 | 57% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Lakeview Hospital Stillwater, MN MRI lower extremity joint | $1,310.91 | $3,543.00 | 63% | — source file |
| Hudson Hospital Hudson, WI MRI lower extremity joint | $1,368.19 | $3,033.00 | 55% | — source file |
| Allina Health Systems Cambridge, MN HCHG RAD MRI JOINT LOWER EXTREMITY WO LIMITED | $1,559.43 | $2,784.70 | 44% | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Allina Health Systems River Falls, WI HCHG RAD MRI JOINT LOWER EXTREMITY WO LIMITED | $1,559.43 | $2,784.70 | 44% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Allina Health Systems Buffalo, MN HCHG RAD MRI JOINT LOWER EXTREMITY WO LIMITED | $1,559.43 | $2,784.70 | 44% | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Westfields Hospital New Richmond, WI MRI lower extremity joint | $2,029.31 | $3,858.00 | 47% | — source file |
| Allina Health Systems Buffalo, MN HCHG RAD MRI JOINT LOWER EXTREMITY WO | $2,079.00 | $3,712.50 | 44% | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Allina Health Systems River Falls, WI HCHG RAD MRI JOINT LOWER EXTREMITY WO | $2,079.00 | $3,712.50 | 44% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Allina Health Systems Cambridge, MN HCHG RAD MRI JOINT LOWER EXTREMITY WO | $2,079.00 | $3,712.50 | 44% | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $251.68, median $1,206.13, highest $2,079.00 — a 8.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 20 facilities here, median $806.31. 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.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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.
| HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MNAS MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT W/O CONT | $29.79 | file |
| Fairview Health Services Edina, MNAS MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT W/O CONT | $30.81 | file |
| Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MNAS MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT W/O CONT | $99.83 | file |