Knee MRI with contrast cost in Louisville, KY
In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 17 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, without and then with contrast dye: from $694.12 to $4,234.70, with a median of $1,355.46. The lowest listed price is at Norton Clark Hospital — $661.34 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $2,181.82 at 72 hospitals.
- The median here, $1,355.46, is 49% below the US median of $2,670.10.
- That is 3.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($356.43).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 17 facilities across 9 cities for code 73723, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 2, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 25, 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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Clark Hospital one side lowest Jeffersonville, IN · (812) 283-2147 HB MRI LOWER EXT JOINT WO & W CONT RT+1 more line at this price File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $694.12 | $4,958.00 | $262.99–$4,338.25 | 86% |
| Norton Hospital one side Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB MRI LOWER EXT JOINT WO & W CONT RT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $1,046.60 | $5,233.00 | $184.77–$4,343.39 | 80% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB MRI LOWER EXT JOINT WO & W CONT LT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $1,046.60 | $5,233.00 | $184.77–$4,343.39 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB MRI LOWER EXT JOINT WO & W CONT LT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $1,046.60 | $5,233.00 | $184.77–$4,448.05 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB MRI LOWER EXT JOINT WO & W CONT RT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $1,046.60 | $5,233.00 | $184.77–$4,343.39 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB MRI LOWER EXT JOINT WO & W CONT RT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $1,046.60 | $5,233.00 | $184.77–$4,343.39 | 80% |
| University of Louisville Hospital one side Louisville, KY · (502) 562-3000 MRI JOINT LE WWO CONT LT+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,192.32 | $4,968.00 | $834.62–$4,968.00 | 76% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital one side Louisville, KY MRI JOINT LE WWO CONT LT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,233.36 | $3,426.00 | $575.57–$3,426.00 | 64% |
| UofL Health -Shelbyville one side Shelbyville, KY · (502) 647-4000 MRI JOINT LE WWO CONT RT+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,355.46 | $3,567.00 | $477.62–$3,567.00 | 62% |
| UofL Health-Louisville – South Hospital one side Shepherdville, KY MRI JOINT LE WWO CONT RT+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,684.35 | $3,743.00 | $628.82–$3,743.00 | 55% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital one side Louisville, KY MRI JOINT LE WWO CONT RT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,788.48 | $4,968.00 | $834.62–$4,968.00 | 64% |
| UofL Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital one side Louisville, KY · (502) 587-4011 MRI JOINT LE WWO CONT LT+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,981.35 | $4,403.00 | $739.70–$4,403.00 | 55% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC MR LOWER EXTREM JNT WOW CON File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $2,090.01 | $4,926.00 | $341.98–$4,482.66 | 58% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 MRI LOW EXTR ANY JNT WO/WC UNI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $2,302.20 | $3,837.00 | $76.78–$2,810.60 | 40% |
| Harrison County Hospital one side Corydon, IN · (812) 738-4251 MRI scan of leg joint before and after contrast+1 more line at this price File of Jul 16, 2026 · source file | $3,420.60 | $5,701.00 | $262.99–$5,130.90 | 40% |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · (502) 897-8100 MRI scan of leg joint before and after contrast File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $4,234.70 | $5,646.26 | $370.84–$11,292.52 | 25% |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange, KY · (502) 222-5388 MRI scan of leg joint before and after contrast File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $4,234.70 | $5,646.26 | $508.16–$11,292.52 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN · (812) 944-7701 MRI scan of leg joint before and after contrast File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $4,234.70 | $5,646.26 | $262.99–$8,469.39 | 25% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital both sides Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 MRI LOW EXTR ANY JNT WO/WC BI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $4,604.40 | $7,674.00 | $76.78–$5,621.20 | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $694.12, median $1,355.46, highest $4,234.70 — a 6.1× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $4,604.40, median $4,604.40, highest $4,604.40.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $1,192.32. 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 17 of 17 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.