Scans and imaging CPT 73723 Outpatient

Knee MRI with contrast cost in Monroe, LA

In Monroe, LA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, without and then with contrast dye: from $1,541.73 to $2,851.20, with a median of $2,400.00. The lowest listed price is at Monroe Surgical Hospital — $858.27 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $1,355.20 at 24 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 73723, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Aug 26, 2026.

Lowest$1,541.73Monroe Surgical Hospital

Median$2,400.00half pay less

Highest$2,851.20in this market

Difference1.8×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 Monroe, LA.

median

Lowest $1,541.73Highest $3,217.73

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list	File date
Monroe Surgical Hospital lowest Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 MRI W/O CONSTRAST MATERIALS FOLLOWED BY	$1,541.73	$2,055.64	$263.94–$1,937.00	25%	— source file
Monroe Surgical Hospital one side Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 MRI KNEE RT W/WO CONTRAST	$2,145.15	$2,860.20	$315.89–$2,574.18	25%	— source file
Monroe Surgical Hospital one side Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 MRI LOW JNT W/WO CONTRAST RT	$2,145.15	$2,860.20	$315.89–$2,574.18	25%	— source file
Monroe Surgical Hospital one side Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 MRI LOW JNT W/WO CONTRAST LT	$2,145.15	$2,860.20	$315.89–$2,574.18	25%	— source file
Monroe Surgical Hospital one side Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 MRI ANKLE LT W/WO CONTRAST	$2,145.15	$2,860.20	$315.89–$2,574.18	25%	— source file
Monroe Surgical Hospital one side Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 MRI ANKLE RT W/WO CONTRAST	$2,145.15	$2,860.20	$315.89–$2,574.18	25%	— source file
Monroe Surgical Hospital one side Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 MRI HIP LT W/WO CONTRAST	$2,145.15	$2,860.20	$315.89–$2,574.18	25%	— source file
Monroe Surgical Hospital one side Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 MRI KNEE LT W/WO CONTRAST	$2,145.15	$2,860.20	$315.89–$2,574.18	25%	— source file
Monroe Surgical Hospital one side Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 MRI HIP RT W/WO CONTRAST	$2,145.15	$2,860.20	$315.89–$2,574.18	25%	— source file
Reeves Memorial Medical Center one side Bernice, LA · (318) 285-9066 MRI JOINT LWR EXTR W/WO DYE LEFT	$2,400.00	$4,800.00	$600.00–$3,360.00	50%	Aug 26, 2026 source file
Reeves Memorial Medical Center one side Bernice, LA · (318) 285-9066 MRI JOINT LWR EXTR W/WO DYE RIGHT	$2,400.00	$4,800.00	$600.00–$3,360.00	50%	Aug 26, 2026 source file
Morehouse General Hospital Bastrop, LA · (318) 283-3600 MRI JOINT LOW EXW/WO	$2,851.20	$3,564.00	$317.08–$2,851.20	20%	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Morehouse General Hospital Bastrop, LA · (318) 283-3600 MRI KNEE W&WO CONT	$2,851.20	$3,564.00	$317.08–$2,851.20	20%	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Monroe Surgical Hospital both sides Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 MRI BILAT ANKLE W/WO CONTRAST	$3,217.73	$4,290.30	$315.89–$3,861.27	25%	— source file
Monroe Surgical Hospital both sides Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 MRI BILAT HIP W/WO CONTRAST	$3,217.73	$4,290.30	$315.89–$3,861.27	25%	— source file
Monroe Surgical Hospital both sides Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 MRI BILAT KNEE W/WO CONTRAST	$3,217.73	$4,290.30	$315.89–$3,861.27	25%	— source file
Monroe Surgical Hospital both sides Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 MRI LOW JNT W/WO CONTRAST BILAT	$3,217.73	$4,290.30	$315.89–$3,861.27	25%	— source file

Outpatient: lowest $1,541.73, median $2,400.00, highest $2,851.20 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $3,217.73, median $3,217.73, highest $3,217.73.

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.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 3 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 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.