Knee MRI with contrast cost in Omaha, NE
In Omaha, NE-IA, 13 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, without and then with contrast dye: from $600.00 to $2,845.50, with a median of $1,686.89. The lowest listed price is at Midwest Surgical Hospital — $1,086.89 less than the median here. Across Nebraska, the median is $3,368.55 at 50 hospitals.
- The median here, $1,686.89, is 37% below the US median of $2,670.10.
- That is 4.7× 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 13 facilities across 7 cities for code 73723, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 5, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 14, 2026 and Sep 30, 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 Omaha, NE-IA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midwest Surgical Hospital one side lowest Omaha, NE · (402) 399-1900 MRI JOINT LWR EXTR W/O&W/DYE+2 more lines at this price File of Mar 5, 2026 · source file | $600.00 | $1,980.00 | $360.49–$1,831.00 | 70% |
| Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital one side Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 396-6000 MRI Exam+1 more line at this price File of Feb 15, 2026 · source file | $1,166.40 | $3,888.00 | $700.70–$2,721.60 | 70% |
| Nebraska Methodist Hospital one side Omaha, NE · (402) 354-4000 MRI Exam+3 more lines at this price File of Feb 14, 2026 · source file | $1,399.68 | $3,888.00 | $700.70–$2,721.60 | 64% |
| CHI Health Bergan Mercy Omaha, NE · (402) 398-6020 HC MR JNT LOWER EXT W WO CONT File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $1,686.89 | $3,923.00 | $293.46–$3,334.55 | 57% |
| CHI Health Lakeside Omaha, NE · (402) 717-8000 HC MR JNT LOWER EXT W WO CONT File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $1,686.89 | $3,923.00 | $283.16–$3,334.55 | 57% |
| CHI Health Midlands Papillion, NE · (402) 593-3000 HC MR JNT LOWER EXT W WO CONT File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $1,686.89 | $3,923.00 | $283.16–$3,334.55 | 57% |
| CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 328-5000 HC MR JNT LOWER EXT W WO CONT File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $1,686.89 | $3,923.00 | $323.13–$3,334.55 | 57% |
| Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center Omaha, NE · (402) 572-2121 HC MR JNT LOWER EXT W WO CONT File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $1,686.89 | $3,923.00 | $295.10–$3,334.55 | 57% |
| Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital of Missouri Valley, Iowa Missouri Valley, IA · (712) 642-2784 HC MR JNT LOWER EXT W WO CONT File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $2,240.00 | $4,480.00 | $1,657.60–$4,390.40 | 50% |
| Bellevue Medical Center Bellevue, NE · (402) 763-3600 MRI scan of leg joint before and after contrast File of Aug 10, 2026 · source file | $2,291.25 | $3,525.00 | $592.21–$9,103.31 | 35% |
| Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE · (402) 559-4000 MRI scan of leg joint before and after contrast File of Aug 10, 2026 · source file | $2,291.25 | $3,525.00 | $592.21–$9,103.31 | 35% |
| Memorial Community Hospital Blair, NE · (402) 426-1502 MRI scan of leg joint before and after contrast File of Jul 15, 2026 · source file | $2,550.40 | $3,188.00 | $1,498.36–$3,124.24 | 20% |
| Saunders Medical Center one side Wahoo, NE · (402) 443-4191 MRI Ankle w/ + w/o Contrast Left,Left+7 more lines at this price File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $2,845.50 | $3,794.00 | — | 25% |
Outpatient: lowest $600.00, median $1,686.89, highest $2,845.50 — a 4.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $1,686.89. 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 12 of 12 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.