Scans and imaging CPT 73723 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Knee MRI with contrast cost in Clearlake, CA — inpatient

In Clearlake, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, without and then with contrast dye (one side of the body) as an inpatient: from $7,534.00 to $7,534.00, with a median of $7,534.00. Across California, the median is $4,624.31 at 166 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 73723, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$7,534.00Sutter Lakeside Hospital

Median$7,534.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$7,534.00in 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 Clearlake, CA.

median

Lowest $7,534.00Highest $7,534.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Sutter Lakeside Hospital one side lowest Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG MRI EXTREM LOWER JOINT W AND WO CONTR LT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$7,534.00	$7,534.00	—	—

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.

No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

One side of the body : lowest $7,534.00, median $7,534.00, highest $7,534.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $7,534.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

This MRI of a lower-limb joint, often the knee, hip or ankle, is done first without contrast dye and then again after contrast dye is injected into a vein. The extra images can help show infection, tumors or inflammation more clearly.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers both sets of images. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately, and the contrast agent may be a separate pharmacy charge.