SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

Cash prices at 7 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Seattle Children's Hospital SEATTLE, WA
MRI, Joint of Leg
$267.00 $267.00
file
Swedish Health Services SEATTLE, WA
HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT WO CONTRAST
$498.24 $1,038.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
file
Swedish Health Services ISSAQUAH, WA
HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT WO CONTRAST
$498.24 $1,038.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
file
Swedish Health Services SEATTLE, WA
HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT WO CONTRAST
$498.24 $1,038.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
file
Overlake Medical Center & Clinics BELLEVUE, WA
Hc Mri Low Extrem Joint Wo Con
$938.50 $1,877.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
file
Virginia Mason Medical Center SEATTLE, WA
MRI LOWER EXT JOINT INTERM
$941.97 $1,847.00 49%
file
Swedish Health Services SEATTLE, WA
HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT WO CONTRAST
$1,015.68 $2,116.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
file
Swedish Health Services SEATTLE, WA
HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT WO CONTRAST
$1,015.68 $2,116.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
file
Swedish Health Services ISSAQUAH, WA
HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT WO CONTRAST
$1,015.68 $2,116.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
file
Providence Health And Services - Washington EVERETT, WA
HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT WO CONTRAST
$1,139.32 $2,191.00 48% Apr 1, 2026
file
Providence Health And Services - Washington EVERETT, WA
HC MRI JNT OF LWR EXTRE W/O DYE LIMITED
$1,139.32 $2,191.00 48% Apr 1, 2026
file
Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit dba Cascade Valley Hospital ARLINGTON, WA
HC MRI JOINT LWR EXTRM W/O DYE
$2,228.00 $2,785.00 20%
file
Seattle Children's Hospital SEATTLE, WA
MRI Ext Joint Lower W/O Contrast Ltd
$2,327.30 $2,327.30
file
Seattle Children's Hospital SEATTLE, WA
MRI Ext Joint Lower W/O Contrast
$4,552.90 $4,552.90
file
Overlake Medical Center & Clinics BELLEVUE, WA
Hc Mri Low Extrem Joint Wo Con Bilateral
both sides $1,876.50 $3,753.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
file

Both sides : lowest $1,876.50, median $1,876.50, highest $1,876.50.

Outpatient: lowest $267.00, median $1,015.68, highest $4,552.90 — a 17.1× difference within the same market.

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.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,876.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $1,015.68. 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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