Knee MRI with contrast cost in Charlotte, NC
In Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, 17 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, without and then with contrast dye: from $867.78 to $7,902.00, with a median of $2,599.00. The lowest listed price is at Iredell Memorial Hospital — $1,731.22 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $2,925.00 at 58 hospitals.
- The median here, $2,599.00, is 3% below the US median of $2,670.10.
- That is 7.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($356.43).
- 3 of 17 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 17 facilities across 14 cities for code 73723, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 4, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Oct 29, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iredell Memorial Hospital one side lowest Statesville, NC · (704) 878-5661 MRI Knee w/ + w/o Contrast Right+5 more lines at this price File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $867.78 | $3,214.00 | $736.33–$6,428.00 | 73% |
| Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital Mooresville, NC · (704) 660-4000 MRI Lwr Ext Joint Wow Cntrst+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,362.42 | $5,046.00 | $339.69–$3,279.90 | 73% |
| MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center Chester, SC · (803) 581-3151 HB MRI JOINT LOWER EXTRMTY W/O F-BY CONTRAST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,557.00 | $3,114.00 | — | 50% |
| Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte, NC · (704) 379-5000 HC MRI JOINT OF LEG COMBO File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $2,599.00 | $5,198.00 | $339.02–$4,782.16 | 50% |
| Atrium Health Union Monroe, NC · (704) 283-3100 HC MRI JOINT OF LEG COMBO File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $2,599.00 | $5,198.00 | $339.02–$4,938.10 | 50% |
| Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast Concord, NC · (704) 783-3000 HC MRI JOINT OF LEG COMBO File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file | $2,599.00 | $5,198.00 | $339.02–$4,938.10 | 50% |
| Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC MRI JOINT OF LEG COMBO+1 more line at this price File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $2,599.00 | $5,198.00 | $339.02–$4,678.20 | 50% |
| Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton, NC · (980) 212-2000 HC MRI JOINT OF LEG COMBO File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $2,599.00 | $5,198.00 | $339.02–$4,938.10 | 50% |
| Atrium Health Mercy, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC HC MRI JOINT OF LEG COMBO File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $2,599.00 | $5,198.00 | $339.02–$4,782.16 | 50% |
| Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro, NC · (704) 694-5131 HC MRI JOINT OF LEG COMBO File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file | $2,599.00 | $5,198.00 | $339.02–$4,938.10 | 50% |
| Atrium Health University City Charlotte, NC · (704) 548-6000 HC MRI JOINT OF LEG COMBO File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $2,599.00 | $5,198.00 | $339.02–$5,042.06 | 50% |
| MUSC Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, SC · (803) 286-1481 HB MRI JOINT LOWER EXTRMTY W/O F-BY CONTRAST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,615.50 | $7,231.00 | — | 50% |
| Gaston Memorial Hospital one side Mount Holly, NC · (704) 834-4891 HCHG MRI EXTR LWR JT W/WO CONT RT+1 more line at this price File of May 11, 2026 · source file | $6,780.00 | $6,780.00 | $356.43–$6,441.00 | — |
| Gaston Memorial Hospital one side Belmont, NC · (704) 834-4891 HCHG MRI EXTR LWR JT W/WO CONT LT+1 more line at this price File of May 11, 2026 · source file | $6,780.00 | $6,780.00 | $356.43–$6,441.00 | — |
| CaroMont Regional Medical Center - Gastonia one side Gastonia, NC · (704) 834-4891 HCHG MRI EXTR LWR JT W/WO CONT RT+1 more line at this price File of May 11, 2026 · source file | $6,780.00 | $6,780.00 | $356.43–$6,441.00 | — |
| Piedmont Medical Center Rock Hill, SC · (803) 329-1234 MRI LE JNT WO/W CM File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $7,902.00 | $10,536.00 | $1.00–$8,007.36 | 25% |
| Piedmont Medical Center Fort Mill, SC · (803) 329-1234 MRI LE JNT WO/W CM File of Apr 15, 2026 · source file | $7,902.00 | $10,536.00 | $1.00–$8,007.36 | 25% |
| Iredell Memorial Hospital both sides Statesville, NC · (704) 878-5661 MRI Hip w/ + w/o Contrast Bilateral File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $850.72 | $3,150.82 | $721.85–$6,301.64 | 73% |
Outpatient: lowest $867.78, median $2,599.00, highest $7,902.00 — a 9.1× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $850.72, median $850.72, highest $850.72.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $2,599.00. 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 12 of 15 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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 knee MRI with contrast is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Knee MRI with contrast explained.