SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

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

Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 31, 2026 and May 13, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital WATERBURY, CT
MRI Hips w wo Contrast Right
one side $1,780.57 $3,561.13 50% May 13, 2026
file
UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital WATERBURY, CT
MRI Ankle w wo Contrast Right
one side $1,780.57 $3,561.13 50% May 13, 2026
file
UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital WATERBURY, CT
MRI Knee w wo Contrast Right
one side $1,780.57 $3,561.13 50% May 13, 2026
file
UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital WATERBURY, CT
MRI Knee w wo Contrast Left
one side $1,780.57 $3,561.13 50% May 13, 2026
file
UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital WATERBURY, CT
MRI Hips w wo Contrast Left
one side $1,780.57 $3,561.13 50% May 13, 2026
file
UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital WATERBURY, CT
MRI Ankle w wo Contrast Left
one side $1,780.57 $3,561.13 50% May 13, 2026
file
Saint Marys Hospital WATERBURY, CT
HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O & W/Contrast Rt
one side $2,562.45 $4,659.00 45% Mar 31, 2026
file
Saint Marys Hospital WATERBURY, CT
HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O & W/Contrast Lt
one side $2,562.45 $4,659.00 45% Mar 31, 2026
file
Saint Marys Hospital WATERBURY, CT
HC MRI Lower Extremity Joint W/O & W/Contrast Bl
$3,843.95 $6,989.00 45% Mar 31, 2026
file
UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital WATERBURY, CT
MRI Knee w wo Contrast Bilateral
both sides $1,309.29 $2,618.58 50% May 13, 2026
file
UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital WATERBURY, CT
MRI Lower Ext Jnt w wo Contrast Bilat
both sides $1,309.29 $2,618.58 50% May 13, 2026
file
UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital WATERBURY, CT
MRI Hip w wo Contrast Bilateral
both sides $1,309.29 $2,618.58 50% May 13, 2026
file
UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital WATERBURY, CT
MRI Ankle w wo Contrast Bilateral
both sides $1,309.29 $2,618.58 50% May 13, 2026
file

Both sides : lowest $1,309.29, median $1,309.29, highest $1,309.29.

Outpatient: lowest $3,843.95, median $3,843.95, highest $3,843.95.

One side of the body : lowest $1,780.57, median $1,780.57, highest $2,562.45 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

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 1 facility here, median $1,309.29. 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 $3,843.95. 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 2 facilities here, median $1,780.57. 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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