Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Outpatient

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Richmond, VA

In Richmond, VA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye: from $2,225.40 to $5,133.60, with a median of $2,225.40. The lowest listed price is at Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center LLC.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 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 — and —.

Lowest$2,225.40Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center LLC
Median$2,225.40half pay less
Highest$5,133.60in this market
Difference2.3×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 Richmond, VA.

median
Lowest $2,225.40Highest $5,133.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center LLC lowest Midlothian, VA HC MRI Lower Ext Jnt W/O Cont $2,225.40 $3,709.00 40%
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Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital LLC Richmond, VA HC MRI Lower Ext Jnt W/O Cont $2,225.40 $3,709.00 40%
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Bon Secours St Marys Hospital of Richmond LLC Richmond, VA HC MRI Lower Ext Jnt W/O Cont $2,225.40 $3,709.00 40%
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Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center LLC Mechanicsville, VA HC MRI Lower Ext Jnt W/O Cont $2,225.40 $3,709.00 40%
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Bon Secours Mercy Health Petersburg LLC Petersburg, VA HC MRI Lower Ext Jnt W/O Cont $5,133.60 $17,112.00 70%
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Outpatient: lowest $2,225.40, median $2,225.40, highest $5,133.60 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $1,884.00. 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.