SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, with contrast dye in Pittsburgh, PA

Cash prices at 14 facilities across 9 cities for code 73723, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 6, 2026 and Apr 14, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Uniontown Hospital UNIONTOWN, PA
MRI JOINT LWR EXTR W/O&W/DYE
$634.00 $1,268.00 50%
file
UPMC Washington WASHINGTON, PA
MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT W/WO
$2,125.24 $3,036.05 30%
file
Highlands Hospital CONNELLSVILLE, PA
MRI LOW EXTREMITY JOINT W/WO
$2,594.40 $4,324.00 40%
file
UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, PA
MR LOW EXTREM ANY JNT W/WO
$3,760.80 $6,268.00 40% Mar 6, 2026
file
WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC WEXFORD, PA
HC MRI LE JNT W/WO CNTRST
$3,765.86 $5,089.00 26% Apr 14, 2026
file
UPMC Jameson NEW CASTLE, PA
MR LOW EXTREM ANY JNT W/WO
$3,802.20 $6,337.00 40%
file
JEFFERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER JEFFERSON HILLS, PA
HC MRI LE JNT W/WO CNTRST
$4,122.09 $5,089.00 19% Apr 14, 2026
file
UPMC St Margaret PITTSBURGH, PA
MR LOW EXTREM ANY JNT W/WO
$5,810.40 $9,684.00 40%
file
UPMC Passavant - McCandless PITTSBURGH, PA
HC MR LOW EXTREM ANY JNT W/WO
$5,999.40 $9,999.00 40%
file
UPMC McKeesport MCKEESPORT, PA
MR LOW EXTREM ANY JNT W/WO
$6,049.20 $10,082.00 40%
file
UPMC East MONROEVILLE, PA
MR LOW EXTREM ANY JNT W/WO
$6,218.40 $10,364.00 40%
file
UPMC Mercy PITTSBURGH, PA
MR LOW EXTREM ANY JNT W/WO
$6,512.40 $10,854.00 40%
file
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital PITTSBURGH, PA
HC MR LOW EXTREM ANY JNT W/WO
$6,741.00 $11,235.00 40%
file
UPMC Presbyterian PITTSBURGH, PA
MR LOW EXTREM ANY JNT W/WO
$9,808.20 $16,347.00 40% Mar 6, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $634.00, median $4,966.25, highest $9,808.20 — a 15.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $5,810.40. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 73723 ($2,483.25). 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.

JEFFERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER JEFFERSON HILLS, PA
CHG MRI ANY JT LOWER EXTREM W/O & W/CONTRAST MATRL
$54.53 file
WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC WEXFORD, PA
CHG MRI ANY JT LOWER EXTREM W/O & W/CONTRAST MATRL
$74.62 file

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