MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Shelbyville, TN
In Shelbyville, TN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye: from $588.41 to $1,356.33, with a median of $972.37. Across Tennessee, the median is $735.74 at 34 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 1, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Shelbyville, TN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital lowest Shelbyville, TN MRI LOWER EXTREM JT, W/O CONTRAST | $588.41 | $2,029.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville, TN HC MRI LWR EXT JNT W/O CON | $1,356.33 | $4,677.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $588.41, median $972.37, highest $1,356.33 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $972.37. 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.