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Procedure price report · Magnetic resonance imaging

MRI of the leg, not a joint, without contrast

CPT 73718the billing code this page is about

Magnetic resonance imaging of the soft tissues and bones of the lower limb outside a joint, performed without contrast dye.

Hospitals typically charge $1,772 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,203 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,821. Most fall between $869 and $3,088 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,203
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 3,203 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
$534$998$1,772$2,766$4,410

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($534 vs $4,410).

How the prices are spread

$350 – $468: 77 hospitals$350$468 – $625: 180 hospitals$625 – $834: 197 hospitals$625$834 – $1,114: 319 hospitals$1,114 – $1,487: 383 hospitals$1,114$1,487 – $1,985: 479 hospitals$1,985 – $2,651: 538 hospitals$1,985$2,651 – $3,539: 374 hospitals$3,539 – $4,725: 227 hospitals$3,539$4,725 – $6,309: 109 hospitals$4,725median $1,772price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,883 of 3,203 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$350$46877
$468$625180
$625$834197
$834$1,114319
$1,114$1,487383
$1,487$1,985479
$1,985$2,651538
$2,651$3,539374
$3,539$4,725227
$4,725$6,309109

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$244
Median cash price$1,772
Cash as a multiple of Medicare7.3×

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 $1,772.

Alaska: median $2,930 across 15 hospitalsAK$2,930Maine: median $1,115 across 24 hospitalsME$1,115Vermont: median $2,908 across 11 hospitalsVT$2,908New Hampshire: median $2,065 across 21 hospitalsNH$2,065Washington: median $1,505 across 62 hospitalsWA$1,505Idaho: median $1,647 across 22 hospitalsID$1,647Montana: median $1,896 across 16 hospitalsMT$1,896North Dakota: median $2,199 across 32 hospitalsND$2,199Minnesota: median $1,834 across 99 hospitalsMN$1,834Illinois: median $2,761 across 136 hospitalsIL$2,761Wisconsin: median $2,110 across 107 hospitalsWI$2,110Michigan: median $1,644 across 82 hospitalsMI$1,644New York: median $1,006 across 110 hospitalsNY$1,006Massachusetts: median $1,881 across 48 hospitalsMA$1,881Oregon: median $1,776 across 45 hospitalsOR$1,776Nevada: median $1,398 across 18 hospitalsNV$1,398Wyoming: median $1,538 across 12 hospitalsWY$1,538South Dakota: median $3,630 across 35 hospitalsSD$3,630Iowa: median $2,209 across 87 hospitalsIA$2,209Indiana: median $1,004 across 95 hospitalsIN$1,004Ohio: median $1,724 across 126 hospitalsOH$1,724Pennsylvania: median $1,656 across 115 hospitalsPA$1,656New Jersey: median $327 across 45 hospitalsNJ$327Connecticut: median $1,498 across 22 hospitalsCT$1,498Rhode Island: median $1,321 across 10 hospitalsRI$1,321California: median $2,465 across 189 hospitalsCA$2,465Utah: median $2,771 across 43 hospitalsUT$2,771Colorado: median $1,759 across 64 hospitalsCO$1,759Nebraska: median $2,640 across 82 hospitalsNE$2,640Missouri: median $1,501 across 76 hospitalsMO$1,501Kentucky: median $1,758 across 67 hospitalsKY$1,758West Virginia: median $1,381 across 40 hospitalsWV$1,381Virginia: median $1,933 across 71 hospitalsVA$1,933Maryland: median $932 across 36 hospitalsMD$932Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,510 across 50 hospitalsAZ$1,510New Mexico: median $1,383 across 30 hospitalsNM$1,383Kansas: median $1,151 across 85 hospitalsKS$1,151Arkansas: median $620 across 32 hospitalsAR$620Tennessee: median $881 across 78 hospitalsTN$881North Carolina: median $1,770 across 87 hospitalsNC$1,770South Carolina: median $2,178 across 52 hospitalsSC$2,178Oklahoma: median $1,069 across 61 hospitalsOK$1,069Louisiana: median $889 across 53 hospitalsLA$889Mississippi: median $1,041 across 49 hospitalsMS$1,041Alabama: median $1,295 across 39 hospitalsAL$1,295Georgia: median $1,586 across 102 hospitalsGA$1,586Hawaii: median $1,509 across 14 hospitalsHI$1,509Texas: median $2,244 across 229 hospitalsTX$2,244Florida: median $2,958 across 173 hospitalsFL$2,958
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,772. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Dakota SD35$3,630+105%$3,127 – $4,470
Florida FL173$2,958+67%$1,355 – $7,918
Alaska AK15$2,930+65%$832 – $4,142
Vermont VT11$2,908+64%$2,364 – $4,235
Utah UT43$2,771+56%$2,277 – $2,815
Illinois IL136$2,761+56%$1,239 – $3,772
Nebraska NE82$2,640+49%$1,613 – $3,234
California CA189$2,465+39%$1,076 – $4,234
Texas TX229$2,244+27%$971 – $4,536
Iowa IA87$2,209+25%$1,574 – $2,786
North Dakota ND32$2,199+24%$1,696 – $2,834
South Carolina SC52$2,178+23%$1,700 – $3,531
Wisconsin WI107$2,110+19%$709 – $2,521
New Hampshire NH21$2,065+17%$1,259 – $4,133
Virginia VA71$1,933+9%$914 – $4,046
Montana MT16$1,896+7%$1,331 – $2,315
Massachusetts MA48$1,881+6%$1,142 – $3,089
Minnesota MN99$1,834+4%$873 – $2,772
Oregon OR45$1,7760%$1,333 – $2,240
North Carolina NC87$1,7700%$1,197 – $2,478
Colorado CO64$1,759−1%$918 – $2,470
Kentucky KY67$1,758−1%$953 – $3,061
Ohio OH126$1,724−3%$1,084 – $2,266
Pennsylvania PA115$1,656−7%$416 – $3,472
Idaho ID22$1,647−7%$1,410 – $1,893
Michigan MI82$1,644−7%$984 – $3,208
Georgia GA102$1,586−10%$824 – $2,997
Wyoming WY12$1,538−13%$801 – $2,541
Arizona AZ50$1,510−15%$401 – $4,691
Hawaii HI14$1,509−15%$1,225 – $2,299
Washington WA62$1,505−15%$902 – $2,315
Missouri MO76$1,501−15%$1,069 – $2,499
Connecticut CT22$1,498−15%$834 – $1,909
Nevada NV18$1,398−21%$745 – $2,580
New Mexico NM30$1,383−22%$1,029 – $2,286
West Virginia WV40$1,381−22%$1,114 – $2,285
Rhode Island RI10$1,321−25%$556 – $1,400
Alabama AL39$1,295−27%$780 – $2,244
Kansas KS85$1,151−35%$744 – $2,385
Maine ME24$1,115−37%$459 – $2,140
Oklahoma OK61$1,069−40%$688 – $1,903
Mississippi MS49$1,041−41%$487 – $1,494
New York NY110$1,006−43%$476 – $2,623
Indiana IN95$1,004−43%$569 – $2,036
Maryland MD36$932−47%$632 – $1,421
Louisiana LA53$889−50%$525 – $1,620
Tennessee TN78$881−50%$569 – $1,890
Arkansas AR32$620−65%$562 – $1,018
New Jersey NJ45$327−82%$276 – $1,318
Delaware DE6not 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 $1,772.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,281$1,673$803 – $3,265
Children’s64$2,244$1,385 – $3,280
Critical access848$1,904$998 – $2,856
Ownership
For-profit474$2,465$964 – $7,584
Government577$1,696$869 – $2,610
Non-profit2,142$1,725$835 – $2,926
System affiliation
Part of a system2,627$1,814$883 – $3,258
Independent576$1,606$793 – $2,625

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,942
Median cash price$1,772
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

2,193 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,828 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,863; most fall between $936 and $3,067.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,193 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
$593$1,074$1,828$2,772$3,954

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($593 vs $3,954).

Of the 2,427 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,193 gave a usable cash price; 126 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 108 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,203 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (81%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,560 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,203
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here222
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded5
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded130
Hospitals that filed this code3,560

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 Lower Extrem Oth/Thn Jt W/O 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 leg, not a joint, without contrast (CPT 73718) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-73718-mri-of-the-leg-not-a-joint-without-contrast