SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, with contrast dye in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Cash prices at 8 facilities across 6 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 Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Paradise Valley Hospital NATIONAL CITY, CA
MRI LOW EXT JT W/WO CON
$446.00 $3,654.42 88% Sep 1, 2026
file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO - CLAIREMONT MESA SAN DIEGO, CA
MRI ANY JT LOWER EXTREM W/O & W/CONTRAST MATRL
$3,588.00 $6,900.00 48%
file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO - ZION SAN DIEGO, CA
MRI ANY JT LOWER EXTREM W/O & W/CONTRAST MATRL
$3,588.00 $6,900.00 48%
file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS SAN MARCOS, CA
MRI ANY JT LOWER EXTREM W/O & W/CONTRAST MATRL
$3,588.00 $6,900.00 48%
file
Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center CORONADO, CA
HC MRI JOINT OF LEG. COMBO - MR HIP RIGHT W AND WO IV CONTRAST
one side $4,620.75 $6,161.00 25%
file
Sharp Memorial Hospital SAN DIEGO, CA
HC MRI JOINT OF LEG. COMBO - MR HIP RIGHT W AND WO IV CONTRAST
one side $4,620.75 $6,161.00 25%
file
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center CHULA VISTA, CA
HC MRI JOINT OF LEG. COMBO - MR HIP RIGHT W AND WO IV CONTRAST
one side $4,620.75 $6,161.00 25%
file
Grossmont Hospital Corporation LA MESA, CA
HC MRI JOINT OF LEG. COMBO - MR HIP RIGHT W AND WO IV CONTRAST
one side $4,620.75 $6,161.00 25%
file

Outpatient: lowest $446.00, median $3,588.00, highest $3,588.00 — a 8.0× difference within the same market.

One side of the body : lowest $4,620.75, median $4,620.75, highest $4,620.75.

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 3 facilities here, median $3,588.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $4,620.75. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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