SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Omaha, NE-IA

Cash prices at 8 facilities across 5 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 Feb 28, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH OMAHA, NE
HC MR JOINT LOWER EXT WO CONT
$1,257.90 $2,995.00 58% Feb 28, 2026
file
ALEGENT HEALTH BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM OMAHA, NE
HC MR JOINT LOWER EXT WO CONT
$1,257.90 $2,995.00 58% Feb 28, 2026
file
ALEGENT HEALTH BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM OMAHA, NE
HC MR JOINT LOWER EXT WO CONT
$1,257.90 $2,995.00 58% Feb 28, 2026
file
ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH PAPILLION, NE
HC MR JOINT LOWER EXT WO CONT
$1,257.90 $2,995.00 58% Feb 28, 2026
file
ALEGENT HEALTH IMMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER OMAHA, NE
HC MR JOINT LOWER EXT WO CONT
$1,257.90 $2,995.00 58% Feb 28, 2026
file
ALEGENT HEALTH BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA
HC MR JOINT LOWER EXT WO CONT
$1,257.90 $2,995.00 58% Feb 28, 2026
file
Nebraska Medical Center OMAHA, NE
MRI scan of leg joint without contrast
$1,681.88 $2,587.50 35% Aug 10, 2026
file
BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTER LLC BELLEVUE, NE
MRI scan of leg joint without contrast
$1,681.88 $2,587.50 35% Aug 10, 2026
file
ALEGENT HEALTH COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF MISSOURI VALLEY, IOWA MISSOURI VALLEY, IA
HC MR JOINT LOWER EXT WO CONT
$1,710.10 $3,490.00 51% Feb 28, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $1,257.90, median $1,257.90, highest $1,710.10 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $1,257.90. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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