Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Tullahoma-Manchester, TN — inpatient

In Tullahoma-Manchester, TN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $588.41 to $1,356.33, with a median of $972.37.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 73721, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 1, 2025.

Lowest$588.41Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital
Median$972.37half pay less
Highest$1,356.33in 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 Tullahoma-Manchester, TN.

median
Lowest $588.41Highest $1,356.33

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital lowest Tullahoma, TN MRI LOWER EXTREM JT, W/O CONTRAST $588.41 $2,029.00 71% Oct 1, 2025
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Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma, TN HC MRI LWR EXT JNT W/O CON $1,356.33 $4,677.00 71% Oct 1, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $588.41, median $972.37, highest $1,356.33 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $972.37 — 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.