SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, with contrast dye in Duluth, MN-WI

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 cities for code 73723, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital DULUTH, MN
Pro MRI Joint Lwr Extr W/O&W/Dye
$669.12 $1,230.00 46% Apr 1, 2026
file
Range Regional Health Services HIBBING, MN
HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT WO&W CONT
$1,215.08 $2,859.00 57% Jan 29, 2026
file
Essentia Health Moose Lake MOOSE LAKE, MN
MRI,LWREXT,JNT W/O+W/CONT
$2,568.76 $3,476.00 26% Jan 1, 2026
file
Essentia Health Northern Pines AURORA, MN
MRI,LWREXT,JNT W/O+W/CONT
$2,568.76 $3,476.00 26% Jan 1, 2026
file
Essentia Health St Marys Hospital-Superior SUPERIOR, WI
MRI,LWREXT,JNT W/O+W/CONT
$2,568.76 $3,476.00 26% Jan 1, 2026
file
Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital DULUTH, MN
Rt Joint Low Ext MRI W/O &W/Contrast
$4,539.14 $8,344.00 46% Apr 1, 2026
file
Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital DULUTH, MN
MRI ANY JT LOWER EXTREM W/O & W/CONTRAST MATRL
$5,208.26 $9,574.00 46% Apr 1, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $669.12, median $2,568.76, highest $5,208.26 — a 7.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $2,568.76. 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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