Knee MRI with contrast cost in Phoenix, AZ
In Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ, 25 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, without and then with contrast dye: from $341.19 to $5,817.00, with a median of $594.18. The lowest listed price is at Banner Boswell Medical Center — $252.99 less than the median here. Across Arizona, the median is $2,098.13 at 46 hospitals.
- The median here, $594.18, is 78% below the US median of $2,670.10.
- That is 1.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($356.43).
- 9 of 25 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 25 facilities across 12 cities for code 73723, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 2, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.
Lowest$341.19Banner Boswell Medical Center
Median$594.18half of hospitals charge less
Highest$5,817.00in this market
Difference17.0×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 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ.
median
Lowest $341.19Highest $5,817.00
one sideboth sides
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Boswell Medical Center one side lowest Sun City, AZ · (623) 832-4000 MRI EXT LOWER JT W&WO CNT RT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 19, 2026 · source file | $341.19 | $2,321.00 | $266.89–$1,740.75 | 85% |
| Banner Del E Webb Medical Center one side Sun City West, AZ · (623) 524-4000 MRI EXT LOWER JT W&WO CNT LT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 22, 2026 · source file | $343.51 | $2,321.00 | $266.89–$1,740.75 | 85% |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center one side Gilbert, AZ · (480) 543-2000 MRI EXT LOWER JT W&WO CNT RT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 22, 2026 · source file | $392.25 | $2,321.00 | $266.89–$2,234.47 | 83% |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center one side Mesa, AZ · (480) 321-2000 MRI EXT LOWER JT W&WO CNT RT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 23, 2026 · source file | $410.82 | $2,321.00 | $266.89–$2,234.47 | 82% |
| Valleywise Health Medical Center Phoenix, AZ · (602) 344-5011 HC MRI LOWER EXT JT W/WO CONTRAST File of Jun 28, 2026 · source file | $428.12 | $5,800.00 | $266.89–$1,321.96 | 93% |
| Banner Ironwood Medical Center one side Queen Creek, AZ · (480) 394-4000 MRI EXT LOWER JT W&WO CNT LT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 23, 2026 · source file | $429.38 | $2,321.00 | $266.89–$2,234.47 | 82% |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center one side Phoenix, AZ · (623) 327-4000 MRI EXT LOWER JT W&WO CNT RT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $438.67 | $2,321.00 | $266.89–$2,234.47 | 81% |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix one side Phoenix, AZ · (602) 839-2000 MRI EXT LOWER JT W&WO CNT RT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $445.63 | $2,321.00 | $266.89–$2,234.47 | 81% |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center one side Casa Grande, AZ · (520) 381-6300 MRI EXT LOWER JT W&WO CNT RT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 23, 2026 · source file | $459.56 | $2,321.00 | $266.89–$1,740.75 | 80% |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center one side Glendale, AZ · (602) 865-4470 MRI EXT LOWER JT W&WO CNT RT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 22, 2026 · source file | $478.13 | $2,321.00 | $266.89–$2,234.47 | 79% |
| Banner Ocotillo Medical Center one side Chandler, AZ · (480) 256-7000 MRI EXT LOWER JT W&WO CNT LT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 24, 2026 · source file | $505.98 | $2,321.00 | $266.89–$2,234.47 | 78% |
| Banner Desert Medical Center one side Mesa, AZ · (480) 412-3000 MRI EXT LOWER JT W&WO CNT LT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 23, 2026 · source file | $561.68 | $2,321.00 | $266.89–$2,234.47 | 76% |
| Banner Heart Hospital one side Mesa, AZ · (480) 854-5050 MRI EXT LOWER JT W&WO CNT RT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 23, 2026 · source file | $594.18 | $2,321.00 | $266.89–$1,873.71 | 74% |
| Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ · (602) 933-1000 MRI JOINT LWR EXTR W/O&W/DYE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,076.50 | — | $253.55–$2,681.81 | — |
| St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center one side Phoenix, AZ · (602) 406-8225 MR LOW EXTREM JNT WO W LT File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $2,098.13 | $5,584.00 | $372.28–$4,411.36 | 62% |
| St Joseph's Westgate Medical Center one side Glendale, AZ · (602) 406-8225 MR LOW EXTREM JNT WO W LT File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $2,098.13 | $5,584.00 | $372.28–$4,523.04 | 62% |
| HonorHealth Four Peaks Medical Center Mesa, AZ · (480) 358-6100 Hc Mri, Any Joint Lower Extremity; W/O Contrast, Followed By Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $5,817.00 | $5,817.00 | — | — |
| HonorHealth Sonoran Crossing Medical Center Phoenix, AZ · (480) 882-4327 Hc Mri, Any Joint Lower Extremity; W/O Contrast, Followed By Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $5,817.00 | $5,817.00 | — | — |
| HonorHealth Florence Medical Center Florence, AZ Hc Mri, Any Joint Lower Extremity; W/O Contrast, Followed By Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $5,817.00 | $5,817.00 | — | — |
| HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center Phoenix, AZ · (602) 943-2381 Hc Mri, Any Joint Lower Extremity; W/O Contrast, Followed By Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $5,817.00 | $5,817.00 | — | — |
| HonorHealth Tempe Medical Center Tempe, AZ · (602) 251-8156 Hc Mri, Any Joint Lower Extremity; W/O Contrast, Followed By Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $5,817.00 | $5,817.00 | — | — |
| HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center Scottsdale, AZ · (480) 323-3000 Hc Mri, Any Joint Lower Extremity; W/O Contrast, Followed By Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $5,817.00 | $5,817.00 | — | — |
| HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center Phoenix, AZ · (623) 879-6100 Hc Mri, Any Joint Lower Extremity; W/O Contrast, Followed By Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $5,817.00 | $5,817.00 | — | — |
| HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center Scottsdale, AZ · (480) 882-4004 Hc Mri, Any Joint Lower Extremity; W/O Contrast, Followed By Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $5,817.00 | $5,817.00 | — | — |
| HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Med Center Scottsdale, AZ · (480) 324-7001 Hc Mri, Any Joint Lower Extremity; W/O Contrast, Followed By Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $5,817.00 | $5,817.00 | — | — |
| St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center both sides Phoenix, AZ · (602) 406-8225 MR LOW EXTREM JNT WO W BI File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $4,196.26 | $11,168.00 | $372.28–$8,822.72 | 62% |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
Outpatient: lowest $341.19, median $594.18, highest $5,817.00 — a 17.0× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $4,196.26, median $4,196.26, highest $4,196.26.
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 inpatient, the same code is billed by 23 facilities here, median $594.18. 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 16 of 16 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.
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