MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, without and then with contrast dye in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — inpatient
In Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, 20 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, without and then with contrast dye as an inpatient: from $537.42 to $3,234.06, with a median of $1,533.05. The lowest listed price is at Methodist Hospital.
Cash prices at 20 facilities across 18 cities for code 73723, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 29, 2026 and Jun 17, 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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist Hospital lowest St. Louis Park, MN MRI lower extremity joint with and without contrast | $537.42 | $2,067.00 | 74% | — source file |
| Fairview Bethesda Hospital St. Paul, MN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT WO&W CONT | $577.44 | $1,440.00 | 60% | Jan 29, 2026 source file |
| Regions Hospital St. Paul, MN MRI lower extremity joint with and without contrast | $1,060.28 | $4,078.00 | 74% | — source file |
| Maple Grove Hospital Corporation Maple Grove, MN Magnetic resonance imaging MRI), leg joint | $1,121.46 | $2,128.00 | 47% | — source file |
| North Memorial Health Care Robbinsdale, MN Magnetic resonance imaging MRI), leg joint | $1,121.46 | $2,128.00 | 47% | — source file |
| Fairview Health Services Princeton, MN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT WO&W CONT | $1,148.43 | $2,863.89 | 60% | Jan 29, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Wyoming, MN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT WO&W CONT | $1,148.48 | $2,864.03 | 60% | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| Allina Health Systems Minneapolis, MN HCHG RAD MRI JOINT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WWO | $1,276.99 | $2,660.40 | 52% | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Allina Health Systems Coon Rapids, MN HCHG RAD MRI JOINT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WWO | $1,276.99 | $2,660.40 | 52% | Jun 17, 2026 source file |
| Lakeview Hospital Stillwater, MN MRI lower extremity joint with and without contrast | $1,405.26 | $3,798.00 | 63% | — source file |
| HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital Woodbury, MN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT WO&W CONT | $1,660.83 | $4,141.71 | 60% | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT WO&W CONT | $1,660.83 | $4,141.71 | 60% | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Edina, MN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT WO&W CONT | $1,660.83 | $4,141.71 | 60% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Hudson Hospital Hudson, WI MRI lower extremity joint with and without contrast | $1,667.27 | $3,696.00 | 55% | — source file |
| Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT WO&W CONT | $1,719.69 | $4,288.50 | 60% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Burnsville, MN HC MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT WO&W CONT | $1,822.62 | $4,288.50 | 57% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Westfields Hospital New Richmond, WI MRI lower extremity joint with and without contrast | $2,042.98 | $3,884.00 | 47% | — source file |
| Allina Health Systems River Falls, WI HCHG RAD MRI JOINT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WWO | $3,234.06 | $5,775.10 | 44% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Allina Health Systems Cambridge, MN HCHG RAD MRI JOINT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WWO | $3,234.06 | $5,775.10 | 44% | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Allina Health Systems Buffalo, MN HCHG RAD MRI JOINT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WWO | $3,234.06 | $5,775.10 | 44% | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $537.42, median $1,533.05, highest $3,234.06 — a 6.0× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 21 facilities here, median $1,148.48 — 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 73723 ($2,563.20). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Fairview Health Services Edina, MNAS MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JNT WO&W CONT | $30.69 | file |