SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, with contrast dye in HARTFORD, CT

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 73723, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Connecticut Children's HARTFORD, CT
MRI Lower Extremity Joint Wwo Con
$1,561.20 $2,602.00 40%
file
Connecticut Children's HARTFORD, CT
MRI Lower Extremity Joint Wwo Con
$1,561.20 $2,602.00 40%
file
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center HARTFORD, CT
HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O & W/Contrast Rt
one side $2,561.35 $4,657.00 45% Mar 31, 2026
file
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center HARTFORD, CT
HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O & W/Contrast Lt
one side $2,561.35 $4,657.00 45% Mar 31, 2026
file
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center HARTFORD, CT
HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O & W/Contrast Bl
$3,841.75 $6,985.00 45% Mar 31, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $1,561.20, median $1,561.20, highest $3,841.75 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

One side of the body : lowest $2,561.35, median $2,561.35, highest $2,561.35.

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 2 facilities here, median $1,561.20. 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 1 facility here, median $2,561.35. 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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