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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques

Contrast injection into knee for imaging

CPT 27369the billing code this page is about

Injection of contrast dye into the knee joint so the joint shows up on an X-ray, CT, or MRI study; covers the injection only, not the imaging itself.

Hospitals typically charge $348 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,080 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $362. Most fall between $153 and $649 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,080
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,080 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$102$184$348$555$967

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($102 vs $967).

How the prices are spread

$68 – $92: 67 hospitals$68$92 – $124: 134 hospitals$124 – $167: 156 hospitals$124$167 – $225: 178 hospitals$225 – $304: 250 hospitals$225$304 – $410: 326 hospitals$410 – $553: 338 hospitals$410$553 – $746: 190 hospitals$746 – $1,007: 160 hospitals$746$1,007 – $1,358: 74 hospitals$1,007median $348price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,873 of 2,080 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$68$9267
$92$124134
$124$167156
$167$225178
$225$304250
$304$410326
$410$553338
$553$746190
$746$1,007160
$1,007$1,35874

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $348.

Alaska: median $315 across 10 hospitalsAK$315Maine: median $236 across 13 hospitalsME$236Vermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $264 across 15 hospitalsNH$264Washington: median $317 across 44 hospitalsWA$317Idaho: median $483 across 15 hospitalsID$483Montana: median $260 across 16 hospitalsMT$260North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $363 across 70 hospitalsMN$363Illinois: median $337 across 99 hospitalsIL$337Wisconsin: median $392 across 91 hospitalsWI$392Michigan: median $382 across 78 hospitalsMI$382New York: median $258 across 60 hospitalsNY$258Massachusetts: median $456 across 31 hospitalsMA$456Oregon: median $268 across 43 hospitalsOR$268Nevada: median $354 across 12 hospitalsNV$354Wyoming: median $403 across 10 hospitalsWY$403South Dakota: median $221 across 11 hospitalsSD$221Iowa: median $319 across 39 hospitalsIA$319Indiana: median $505 across 69 hospitalsIN$505Ohio: median $461 across 121 hospitalsOH$461Pennsylvania: median $253 across 101 hospitalsPA$253New Jersey: median $952 across 37 hospitalsNJ$952Connecticut: median $566 across 18 hospitalsCT$566Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $437 across 154 hospitalsCA$437Utah: median $555 across 27 hospitalsUT$555Colorado: median $360 across 50 hospitalsCO$360Nebraska: median $217 across 28 hospitalsNE$217Missouri: median $346 across 50 hospitalsMO$346Kentucky: median $184 across 28 hospitalsKY$184West Virginia: median $381 across 12 hospitalsWV$381Virginia: median $195 across 46 hospitalsVA$195Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $215 across 39 hospitalsAZ$215New Mexico: median $209 across 13 hospitalsNM$209Kansas: median $408 across 23 hospitalsKS$408Arkansas: median $151 across 14 hospitalsAR$151Tennessee: median $169 across 45 hospitalsTN$169North Carolina: median $346 across 62 hospitalsNC$346South Carolina: median $361 across 37 hospitalsSC$361Oklahoma: median $254 across 39 hospitalsOK$254Louisiana: median $340 across 33 hospitalsLA$340Mississippi: median $158 across 36 hospitalsMS$158Alabama: median $356 across 31 hospitalsAL$356Georgia: median $392 across 71 hospitalsGA$392Hawaii: median $182 across 12 hospitalsHI$182Texas: median $409 across 119 hospitalsTX$409Florida: median $258 across 79 hospitalsFL$258
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $348. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ37$952+173%$158 – $4,881
Connecticut CT18$566+63%$408 – $1,131
Utah UT27$555+59%$472 – $555
Indiana IN69$505+45%$286 – $828
Idaho ID15$483+39%$350 – $667
Ohio OH121$461+32%$252 – $986
Massachusetts MA31$456+31%$119 – $1,022
California CA154$437+25%$251 – $809
Texas TX119$409+17%$152 – $571
Kansas KS23$408+17%$240 – $582
Wyoming WY10$403+16%$111 – $707
Wisconsin WI91$392+13%$254 – $460
Georgia GA71$392+13%$284 – $936
Michigan MI78$382+10%$179 – $709
West Virginia WV12$381+10%$107 – $823
Minnesota MN70$363+4%$152 – $582
South Carolina SC37$361+4%$274 – $368
Colorado CO50$360+3%$182 – $1,048
Alabama AL31$356+2%$99 – $583
Nevada NV12$354+2%$137 – $1,090
North Carolina NC62$346−1%$152 – $559
Missouri MO50$346−1%$158 – $640
Louisiana LA33$340−3%$116 – $500
Illinois IL99$337−3%$159 – $629
Iowa IA39$319−9%$167 – $430
Washington WA44$317−9%$178 – $490
Alaska AK10$315−10%$216 – $723
Oregon OR43$268−23%$151 – $463
New Hampshire NH15$264−24%$49 – $497
Montana MT16$260−25%$183 – $265
New York NY60$258−26%$70 – $550
Florida FL79$258−26%$143 – $552
Oklahoma OK39$254−27%$111 – $352
Pennsylvania PA101$253−27%$130 – $661
Maine ME13$236−32%$131 – $680
South Dakota SD11$221−37%$221 – $590
Nebraska NE28$217−38%$118 – $582
Arizona AZ39$215−38%$95 – $1,110
New Mexico NM13$209−40%$138 – $517
Virginia VA46$195−44%$89 – $649
Kentucky KY28$184−47%$75 – $392
Hawaii HI12$182−48%$167 – $212
Tennessee TN45$169−51%$114 – $229
Mississippi MS36$158−55%$104 – $501
Arkansas AR14$151−57%$132 – $244
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $348.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,669$351$151 – $649
Children’s52$305$147 – $1,291
Critical access351$321$179 – $583
Ownership
For-profit202$392$164 – $678
Government301$317$141 – $552
Non-profit1,569$349$158 – $665
System affiliation
Part of a system1,733$356$158 – $641
Independent347$317$145 – $673

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$608
Median cash price$348
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,611 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $381 and the average of the middle 60% is $388; most fall between $169 and $694.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,611 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$111$202$381$582$986

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($111 vs $986).

Of the 1,737 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,611 gave a usable cash price; 34 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 91 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,080 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (53%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,296 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,080
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here65
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded147
Hospitals that filed this code2,296

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Njx Px Cntrst Kne Arthg Cntrst Enhncd CT/MRI Kne.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Contrast injection into knee for imaging (CPT 27369) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27369-contrast-injection-into-knee-for-imaging