Scans and imaging CPT 73723 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Knee MRI with contrast cost in Point Pleasant, WV — inpatient

In Point Pleasant, WV, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of knee or other lower-limb joint, without and then with contrast dye as an inpatient: from $1,494.34 to $1,494.34, with a median of $1,494.34. Across West Virginia, the median is $1,854.00 at 31 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 73723, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 22, 2025 and Nov 22, 2025.

Lowest$1,494.34Rivers Health
Median$1,494.34half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,494.34in this market
Difference1.0×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 Point Pleasant, WV.

median
Lowest $1,494.34Highest $2,988.69
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Rivers Health one side lowest Point Pleasant, WV · (304) 675-4340 MR-Knee RT WO/W cont+2 more lines at this price File of Nov 22, 2025 · source file $1,494.34 $4,669.82 $48.45–$4,068.91 68%
Rivers Health Point Pleasant, WV · (304) 675-4340 MR-Knee BIL WO/W CON BIL File of Nov 22, 2025 · source file $2,988.69 $9,339.65 $239.93–$4,068.91 68%
Rivers Health both sides Point Pleasant, WV · (304) 675-4340 MRI Low EXT WW/O CON Bilat File of Nov 22, 2025 · source file $2,988.69 $9,339.65 $239.93–$4,068.91 68%
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.

Inpatient: lowest $1,494.34, median $1,494.34, highest $1,494.34.

Both sides : lowest $2,988.69, median $2,988.69, highest $2,988.69.

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 outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,494.34 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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 it is

This MRI of a lower-limb joint, often the knee, hip or ankle, is done first without contrast dye and then again after contrast dye is injected into a vein. The extra images can help show infection, tumors or inflammation more clearly.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers both sets of images. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately, and the contrast agent may be a separate pharmacy charge.