Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

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

In Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, 7 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $267.00 to $2,327.30, with a median of $1,015.68. The lowest listed price is at Seattle Children's Hospital.

Cash prices at 7 facilities across 5 cities for code 73721, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$267.00Seattle Children's Hospital
Median$1,015.68half pay less
Highest$2,327.30in this market
Difference8.7×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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.

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Lowest $267.00Highest $2,327.30
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Seattle Children's Hospital lowest Seattle, WA MRI, Joint of Leg $267.00 $267.00
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Overlake Medical Center & Clinics Bellevue, WA Hc Mri Low Extrem Joint Wo Con $938.50 $1,877.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA MRI LOWER EXT JOINT INTERM $941.97 $1,847.00 49%
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Swedish Health Services Seattle, WA HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT WO CONTRAST $1,015.68 $2,116.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Swedish Health Services Issaquah, WA HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT WO CONTRAST $1,015.68 $2,116.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Swedish Health Services Seattle, WA HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT WO CONTRAST $1,015.68 $2,116.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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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
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Providence Health And Services - Washington Everett, WA HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT WO CONTRAST $1,139.32 $2,191.00 48% Apr 1, 2026
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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%
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Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA MRI Ext Joint Lower W/O Contrast Ltd $2,327.30 $2,327.30
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Overlake Medical Center & Clinics both sides Bellevue, WA Hc Mri Low Extrem Joint Wo Con Bilateral $1,876.50 $3,753.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Both sides : lowest $1,876.50, median $1,876.50, highest $1,876.50.

Inpatient: lowest $267.00, median $1,015.68, highest $2,327.30 — a 8.7× 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 outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,876.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $1,015.68 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.