SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, with contrast dye in Fort Smith, AR-OK

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 — and —.

Hospital		Cash price	List price	Off	File date
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith FORT SMITH, AR MRI Extr Lwr Jt W/WO Cont Rt	one side	$1,560.65	$2,401.00	35%	— file
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith FORT SMITH, AR MRI Extr Lwr Jt W/WO Cont Lt	one side	$1,560.65	$2,401.00	35%	— file
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith FORT SMITH, AR MRI Extr Lwr Jt W/WO Cont Rt	one side	$1,560.65	$2,401.00	35%	— file
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith FORT SMITH, AR MRI Extr Lwr Jt W/WO Cont Lt	one side	$1,560.65	$2,401.00	35%	— file
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith FORT SMITH, AR MRI Extr Lwr Jt W/WO Cont Bi	both sides	$2,653.30	$4,082.00	35%	— file
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith FORT SMITH, AR MRI Extr Lwr Jt W/WO Cont Bi	both sides	$2,653.30	$4,082.00	35%	— file

Both sides : lowest $2,653.30, median $2,653.30, highest $2,653.30.

One side of the body : lowest $1,560.65, median $1,560.65, highest $1,560.65.

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.

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