Scans and imaging CPT 73723 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, without and then with contrast dye in Kansas City, MO-KS — inpatient

In Kansas City, MO-KS, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, without and then with contrast dye as an inpatient: from $1,460.44 to $6,651.40, with a median of $4,055.92. The lowest listed price is at Mish.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 73723, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 6, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,460.44Mish
Median$4,055.92half pay less
Highest$6,651.40in this market
Difference4.6×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 Kansas City, MO-KS.

median
Lowest $800.00Highest $6,651.40
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mish one side lowest Lenexa, KS MRI LE Joint w/ + w/o Contrast Right $800.00 $5,400.00 85%
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Mish one side Lenexa, KS MRI LE Joint w/ + w/o Contrast Left $800.00 $5,400.00 85%
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NKC Health North Kansas City, MO MR Lower Extremity w wo Contrast $1,460.44 $5,036.00 71% Mar 6, 2026
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Adventhealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS HC MRI, JOINT OF LEG. COMBO - MR LOWER EXTREMITY W AND WO IV CONTRAST $6,651.40 $6,651.40 Apr 1, 2026
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NKC Health both sides North Kansas City, MO MR Lower Extremity Joint Bilat w wo Contrast $1,460.44 $5,036.00 71% Mar 6, 2026
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Mish both sides Lenexa, KS MRI LE Joint w/ + w/o Contrast Bilateral $1,600.00 $10,800.00 85%
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Both sides : lowest $1,460.44, median $1,530.22, highest $1,600.00 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

Inpatient: lowest $1,460.44, median $4,055.92, highest $6,651.40 — a 4.6× difference within the same market.

One side of the body : lowest $800.00, median $800.00, highest $800.00.

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.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,530.22 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,460.44 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $800.00 — 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.