SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, with contrast dye in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 73723, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Aug 25, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION BUFFALO, NY
MRI JOINT LWR EXTR W/O&W/DYE
$1,118.69 Aug 25, 2026
file
Roswell Park Cancer Institute BUFFALO, NY
Mri Joint Low Extreme W/O Cont
$4,718.08 $4,718.08 Apr 1, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $1,118.69, median $2,918.39, highest $4,718.08 — a 4.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $4,718.08. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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