Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Outpatient

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

In Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, 8 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye: from $630.70 to $7,145.75, with a median of $4,111.87. The lowest listed price is at Tampa General Hospital.

Cash prices at 11 facilities across 7 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.

Lowest$630.70Tampa General Hospital
Median$4,111.87half pay less
Highest$7,145.75in this market
Difference11.3×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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.

median
Lowest $630.70Highest $7,145.75
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Tampa General Hospital lowest Tampa, FL Hb Mri Jnt Lwr Extre Wo Cont $630.70 $1,802.00 65% Apr 1, 2026
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Orlando Health Wiregrass Ranch Hospital one side Wesley Chapel, FL Hb Mri Lower Extremity Joint - Left Wo Contrast $1,360.00 $3,400.00 60% Apr 1, 2026
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OHI West, Inc. one side Saint Petersburg, FL Hb Mri Lower Extremity Joint - Right Wo Contrast $1,360.00 $3,400.00 60% Apr 1, 2026
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OHI West, Inc. one side Saint Petersburg, FL Hb Mri Lower Extremity Joint - Left Wo Contrast $1,360.00 $3,400.00 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Orlando Health Wiregrass Ranch Hospital one side Wesley Chapel, FL Hb Mri Lower Extremity Joint - Right Wo Contrast $1,360.00 $3,400.00 60% Apr 1, 2026
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H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital, Inc. one side Tampa, FL MAGNETIC RESONANCE EG PROTON IMAGING ANY JOINT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT CONTRAST MATERIAL RT $2,347.50 $4,695.00 50%
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H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital, Inc. one side Tampa, FL MAGNETIC RESONANCE EG PROTON IMAGING ANY JOINT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT CONTRAST MATERIAL LT $2,347.50 $4,695.00 50%
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H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital, Inc. one side Tampa, FL MRI-LOWER EXT JOINT W/O CON LT $2,347.50 $4,695.00 50%
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H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital, Inc. one side Tampa, FL MRI-LOWER EXT JOINT W/O CON RT $2,347.50 $4,695.00 50%
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Adventhealth Riverview Riverview, FL HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT, W/O CONTRAST $3,342.78 $3,342.78 Apr 1, 2026
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Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa, FL HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT, W/O CONTRAST $3,342.78 $3,342.78 Apr 1, 2026
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Adventhealth Tampa Tampa, FL HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT, W/O CONTRAST $3,342.78 $3,342.78 Apr 1, 2026
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Adventhealth Wesley Chapel Wesley Chapel, FL HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT, W/O CONTRAST $4,880.95 $4,880.95 Apr 1, 2026
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Adventhealth Dade City Dade City, FL HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT, W/O CONTRAST $5,560.11 $5,560.11 Apr 1, 2026
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Adventhealth Zephyrhills Zephyrhills, FL HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT, W/O CONTRAST $6,387.80 $6,387.80 Apr 1, 2026
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Adventhealth North Pinellas Tarpon Springs, FL HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT, W/O CONTRAST $7,145.75 $7,145.75 Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $630.70, median $4,111.87, highest $7,145.75 — a 11.3× difference within the same market.

One side of the body : lowest $1,360.00, median $1,853.75, highest $2,347.50 — a 1.7× 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 inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $4,111.87. 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 3 facilities here, median $1,853.75. 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.