Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Outpatient

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye in Perryville, MO

In Perryville, MO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye (one side of the body): from $239.20 to $1,946.10, with a median of $1,092.65.

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 — and —.

Lowest$239.20Mercy Perry
Median$1,092.65half pay less
Highest$1,946.10in this market
Difference8.1×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 Perryville, MO.

median
Lowest $239.20Highest $2,939.30
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mercy Perry one side lowest Perryville, MO MRI Extr Lwr Jt WO Cont Rt Pf $239.20 $368.00 35%
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Mercy Perry one side Perryville, MO MRI Extr Lwr Jt WO Cont Lt Pf $239.20 $368.00 35%
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Mercy Perry one side Perryville, MO MRI Extr Lwr Jt WO Cont Lt $1,946.10 $2,994.00 35%
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Mercy Perry one side Perryville, MO MRI Extr Lwr Jt WO Cont Rt $1,946.10 $2,994.00 35%
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Mercy Perry both sides Perryville, MO MRI Extr Lwr Jt WO Cont Bi Pf $274.95 $423.00 35%
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Mercy Perry both sides Perryville, MO MRI Extr Lwr Jt WO Cont Bi $2,939.30 $4,522.00 35%
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Both sides : lowest $274.95, median $1,607.13, highest $2,939.30 — a 10.7× difference within the same market.

One side of the body : lowest $239.20, median $1,092.65, highest $1,946.10 — a 8.1× 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.

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.