Knee MRI cost in Oneonta, NY
In Oneonta, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye: from $1,272.45 to $1,322.73, with a median of $1,297.59. The lowest listed price is at Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Society — $25.14 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $1,006.36 at 79 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 73721, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Oneonta, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Society lowest Oneonta, NY · (607) 432-2000 HC MRI Low Extrem Jnt WO Con | $1,272.45 | $4,712.76 | $1,001.32–$972.16 | 73% | — source file |
| Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital Cooperstown, NY HC MRI Low Extrem Jnt WO Con | $1,322.73 | $4,899.00 | $1,001.32–$972.16 | 73% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,272.45, median $1,297.59, highest $1,322.73.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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 ($1,727.50). 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.
| Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital Cooperstown, NYMRI Lower Extrem Jt, W/O Contrast | $166.35 | file |