Scans and imaging CPT 73721 Outpatient

Knee MRI cost in Point Pleasant, WV

In Point Pleasant, WV, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, no contrast dye: from $1,211.46 to $1,211.46, with a median of $1,211.46. Across West Virginia, the median is $1,302.00 at 31 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 73721, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 22, 2025 and Nov 22, 2025.

Lowest$1,211.46Rivers Health

Median$1,211.46half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,211.46in this market

Difference1.0×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 Point Pleasant, WV.

median

Lowest $619.18Highest $1,494.34

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Rivers Health lowest Point Pleasant, WV · (304) 675-4340 MRI LOW EXT JT W/O CON File of Nov 22, 2025 · source file	$1,211.46	$3,785.81	$48.45–$3,298.66	68%
Rivers Health one side Point Pleasant, WV · (304) 675-4340 MRI LOW EXT WW/O CON lt File of Nov 22, 2025 · source file	$1,494.34	$4,669.82	$48.45–$4,068.91	68%
Rivers Health both sides Point Pleasant, WV · (304) 675-4340 MRI LOW EXT JT W/O CON BILAT File of Nov 22, 2025 · source file	$619.18	$1,934.95	$48.45–$3,298.66	68%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $1,211.46, median $1,211.46, highest $1,211.46.

Both sides : lowest $619.18, median $619.18, highest $619.18.

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 1 facility here, median $1,211.46. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

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.