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Procedure price report · Magnetic resonance imaging

MRI of the arm, not a joint, with contrast

CPT 73219the billing code this page is about

Magnetic resonance images of a non-joint part of the arm taken after contrast dye is given.

Hospitals typically charge $1,952 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,358 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,010. Most fall between $963 and $3,392 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,358
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 2,358 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
$583$1,142$1,952$3,050$4,912

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($583 vs $4,912).

How the prices are spread

$419 – $558: 107 hospitals$419$558 – $742: 112 hospitals$742 – $988: 158 hospitals$742$988 – $1,315: 209 hospitals$1,315 – $1,750: 358 hospitals$1,315$1,750 – $2,328: 354 hospitals$2,328 – $3,099: 381 hospitals$2,328$3,099 – $4,123: 230 hospitals$4,123 – $5,487: 154 hospitals$4,123$5,487 – $7,302: 63 hospitals$5,487median $1,952price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,126 of 2,358 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$419$558107
$558$742112
$742$988158
$988$1,315209
$1,315$1,750358
$1,750$2,328354
$2,328$3,099381
$3,099$4,123230
$4,123$5,487154
$5,487$7,30263

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$356
Median cash price$1,952
Cash as a multiple of Medicare5.5×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,952.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $1,407 across 22 hospitalsME$1,407Vermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $2,702 across 10 hospitalsNH$2,702Washington: median $2,017 across 52 hospitalsWA$2,017Idaho: median $2,026 across 11 hospitalsID$2,026Montana: median $1,706 across 10 hospitalsMT$1,706North Dakota: median $2,378 across 13 hospitalsND$2,378Minnesota: median $2,160 across 39 hospitalsMN$2,160Illinois: median $2,853 across 110 hospitalsIL$2,853Wisconsin: median $2,542 across 67 hospitalsWI$2,542Michigan: median $1,901 across 50 hospitalsMI$1,901New York: median $1,545 across 82 hospitalsNY$1,545Massachusetts: median $1,759 across 37 hospitalsMA$1,759Oregon: median $1,769 across 30 hospitalsOR$1,769Nevada: median $2,037 across 15 hospitalsNV$2,037Wyoming: median $2,207 across 10 hospitalsWY$2,207South Dakota: median $3,300 across 13 hospitalsSD$3,300Iowa: median $1,612 across 37 hospitalsIA$1,612Indiana: median $1,176 across 70 hospitalsIN$1,176Ohio: median $1,806 across 110 hospitalsOH$1,806Pennsylvania: median $2,594 across 96 hospitalsPA$2,594New Jersey: median $1,024 across 44 hospitalsNJ$1,024Connecticut: median $976 across 10 hospitalsCT$976Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,109 across 162 hospitalsCA$3,109Utah: median $2,666 across 38 hospitalsUT$2,666Colorado: median $1,677 across 56 hospitalsCO$1,677Nebraska: median $2,313 across 51 hospitalsNE$2,313Missouri: median $1,722 across 52 hospitalsMO$1,722Kentucky: median $1,662 across 50 hospitalsKY$1,662West Virginia: median $1,887 across 24 hospitalsWV$1,887Virginia: median $2,043 across 52 hospitalsVA$2,043Maryland: median $1,117 across 30 hospitalsMD$1,117Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,001 across 45 hospitalsAZ$1,001New Mexico: median $2,024 across 21 hospitalsNM$2,024Kansas: median $1,350 across 54 hospitalsKS$1,350Arkansas: median $994 across 13 hospitalsAR$994Tennessee: median $830 across 63 hospitalsTN$830North Carolina: median $2,259 across 56 hospitalsNC$2,259South Carolina: median $2,402 across 42 hospitalsSC$2,402Oklahoma: median $1,074 across 46 hospitalsOK$1,074Louisiana: median $850 across 42 hospitalsLA$850Mississippi: median $1,094 across 38 hospitalsMS$1,094Alabama: median $1,551 across 35 hospitalsAL$1,551Georgia: median $1,740 across 78 hospitalsGA$1,740Hawaii: median $1,602 across 11 hospitalsHI$1,602Texas: median $2,137 across 197 hospitalsTX$2,137Florida: median $2,995 across 133 hospitalsFL$2,995
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,952. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Dakota SD13$3,300+69%$3,067 – $3,563
California CA162$3,109+59%$1,640 – $4,670
Florida FL133$2,995+53%$1,419 – $7,747
Illinois IL110$2,853+46%$1,061 – $4,134
New Hampshire NH10$2,702+38%$1,598 – $6,331
Utah UT38$2,666+37%$1,727 – $3,136
Pennsylvania PA96$2,594+33%$503 – $4,742
Wisconsin WI67$2,542+30%$1,851 – $4,285
South Carolina SC42$2,402+23%$1,489 – $3,439
North Dakota ND13$2,378+22%$1,987 – $3,047
Nebraska NE51$2,313+18%$1,463 – $3,072
North Carolina NC56$2,259+16%$1,616 – $2,587
Wyoming WY10$2,207+13%$526 – $2,725
Minnesota MN39$2,160+11%$873 – $2,390
Texas TX197$2,137+9%$1,273 – $4,156
Virginia VA52$2,043+5%$1,382 – $2,870
Nevada NV15$2,037+4%$379 – $3,790
Idaho ID11$2,026+4%$1,398 – $2,666
New Mexico NM21$2,024+4%$1,314 – $2,550
Washington WA52$2,017+3%$1,444 – $2,705
Michigan MI50$1,901−3%$1,046 – $3,125
West Virginia WV24$1,887−3%$1,398 – $3,133
Ohio OH110$1,806−8%$1,382 – $2,628
Oregon OR30$1,769−9%$1,315 – $2,224
Massachusetts MA37$1,759−10%$1,307 – $2,989
Georgia GA78$1,740−11%$684 – $2,470
Missouri MO52$1,722−12%$1,382 – $3,025
Montana MT10$1,706−13%$1,179 – $2,614
Colorado CO56$1,677−14%$1,142 – $2,699
Kentucky KY50$1,662−15%$1,144 – $3,253
Iowa IA37$1,612−17%$192 – $2,563
Hawaii HI11$1,602−18%$1,324 – $2,032
Alabama AL35$1,551−21%$813 – $3,000
New York NY82$1,545−21%$435 – $3,105
Maine ME22$1,407−28%$663 – $2,559
Kansas KS54$1,350−31%$770 – $2,646
Indiana IN70$1,176−40%$619 – $2,470
Maryland MD30$1,117−43%$540 – $1,541
Mississippi MS38$1,094−44%$704 – $1,622
Oklahoma OK46$1,074−45%$855 – $2,046
New Jersey NJ44$1,024−48%$404 – $4,776
Arizona AZ45$1,001−49%$409 – $5,300
Arkansas AR13$994−49%$640 – $2,087
Connecticut CT10$976−50%$760 – $1,701
Louisiana LA42$850−56%$625 – $1,737
Tennessee TN63$830−58%$533 – $1,925
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not 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 $1,952.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,792$1,809$892 – $3,411
Children’s57$2,896$2,292 – $4,644
Critical access502$2,187$1,133 – $3,140
Ownership
For-profit360$2,551$1,074 – $7,678
Government413$1,819$825 – $2,717
Non-profit1,578$1,885$985 – $3,148
System affiliation
Part of a system1,927$2,002$996 – $3,463
Independent431$1,706$850 – $2,978

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,364
Median cash price$1,952
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

1,653 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,012 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,075; most fall between $1,061 and $3,362.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,653 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
$639$1,239$2,012$3,068$4,644

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($639 vs $4,644).

Of the 1,837 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,653 gave a usable cash price; 97 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 87 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,358 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (60%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,639 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,358
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here176
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded105
Hospitals that filed this code2,639

Sections not shown for this setting

  • 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 Magnetic resonance imaging family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as MRI Upper Extremity Oth Than Jt W/Contr Matrl|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

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, “MRI of the arm, not a joint, with contrast (CPT 73219) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-73219-mri-of-the-arm-not-a-joint-with-contrast