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Procedure price report · Magnetic resonance imaging

MRI of a leg joint with and without contrast

CPT 73723the billing code this page is about

Magnetic resonance imaging of one lower limb joint, done first without contrast dye and then repeated after the dye is given.

Hospitals typically charge $2,562 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,152 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,593. Most fall between $1,212 and $4,262 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,152
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 3,152 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
$773$1,456$2,562$3,806$6,199

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($773 vs $6,199).

How the prices are spread

$534 – $707: 122 hospitals$534$707 – $935: 149 hospitals$935 – $1,236: 217 hospitals$935$1,236 – $1,634: 272 hospitals$1,634 – $2,161: 378 hospitals$1,634$2,161 – $2,858: 499 hospitals$2,858 – $3,780: 557 hospitals$2,858$3,780 – $4,999: 337 hospitals$4,999 – $6,610: 177 hospitals$4,999$6,610 – $8,741: 130 hospitals$6,610median $2,562price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,838 of 3,152 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$534$707122
$707$935149
$935$1,236217
$1,236$1,634272
$1,634$2,161378
$2,161$2,858499
$2,858$3,780557
$3,780$4,999337
$4,999$6,610177
$6,610$8,741130

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$356
Median cash price$2,562
Cash as a multiple of Medicare7.2×

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 $2,562.

Alaska: median $2,997 across 13 hospitalsAK$2,997Maine: median $1,685 across 24 hospitalsME$1,685Vermont: median $4,660 across 11 hospitalsVT$4,660New Hampshire: median $3,335 across 20 hospitalsNH$3,335Washington: median $2,471 across 62 hospitalsWA$2,471Idaho: median $2,263 across 21 hospitalsID$2,263Montana: median $2,643 across 16 hospitalsMT$2,643North Dakota: median $3,192 across 29 hospitalsND$3,192Minnesota: median $2,332 across 97 hospitalsMN$2,332Illinois: median $3,598 across 135 hospitalsIL$3,598Wisconsin: median $2,670 across 107 hospitalsWI$2,670Michigan: median $2,260 across 81 hospitalsMI$2,260New York: median $1,629 across 107 hospitalsNY$1,629Massachusetts: median $2,980 across 46 hospitalsMA$2,980Oregon: median $2,562 across 45 hospitalsOR$2,562Nevada: median $2,474 across 17 hospitalsNV$2,474Wyoming: median $2,193 across 12 hospitalsWY$2,193South Dakota: median $4,290 across 29 hospitalsSD$4,290Iowa: median $3,046 across 85 hospitalsIA$3,046Indiana: median $1,323 across 95 hospitalsIN$1,323Ohio: median $2,270 across 126 hospitalsOH$2,270Pennsylvania: median $2,604 across 115 hospitalsPA$2,604New Jersey: median $511 across 45 hospitalsNJ$511Connecticut: median $2,963 across 22 hospitalsCT$2,963Rhode Island: median $2,127 across 10 hospitalsRI$2,127California: median $3,925 across 186 hospitalsCA$3,925Utah: median $3,429 across 41 hospitalsUT$3,429Colorado: median $2,681 across 64 hospitalsCO$2,681Nebraska: median $3,400 across 81 hospitalsNE$3,400Missouri: median $2,090 across 76 hospitalsMO$2,090Kentucky: median $2,129 across 62 hospitalsKY$2,129West Virginia: median $1,974 across 40 hospitalsWV$1,974Virginia: median $3,434 across 71 hospitalsVA$3,434Maryland: median $1,263 across 37 hospitalsMD$1,263Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,848 across 46 hospitalsAZ$1,848New Mexico: median $2,443 across 29 hospitalsNM$2,443Kansas: median $1,634 across 81 hospitalsKS$1,634Arkansas: median $859 across 32 hospitalsAR$859Tennessee: median $992 across 78 hospitalsTN$992North Carolina: median $2,724 across 87 hospitalsNC$2,724South Carolina: median $2,743 across 51 hospitalsSC$2,743Oklahoma: median $1,716 across 60 hospitalsOK$1,716Louisiana: median $1,205 across 52 hospitalsLA$1,205Mississippi: median $1,502 across 49 hospitalsMS$1,502Alabama: median $1,711 across 38 hospitalsAL$1,711Georgia: median $2,509 across 101 hospitalsGA$2,509Hawaii: median $1,907 across 14 hospitalsHI$1,907Texas: median $3,202 across 230 hospitalsTX$3,202Florida: median $4,881 across 170 hospitalsFL$4,881
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,562. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL170$4,881+91%$1,735 – $10,197
Vermont VT11$4,660+82%$2,666 – $5,722
South Dakota SD29$4,290+67%$3,905 – $5,576
California CA186$3,925+53%$1,820 – $7,534
Illinois IL135$3,598+40%$1,839 – $4,989
Virginia VA71$3,434+34%$1,575 – $4,818
Utah UT41$3,429+34%$2,326 – $3,810
Nebraska NE81$3,400+33%$2,387 – $3,909
New Hampshire NH20$3,335+30%$2,241 – $6,682
Texas TX230$3,202+25%$1,662 – $6,085
North Dakota ND29$3,192+25%$2,633 – $3,672
Iowa IA85$3,046+19%$2,077 – $4,113
Alaska AK13$2,997+17%$2,075 – $5,813
Massachusetts MA46$2,980+16%$1,692 – $4,389
Connecticut CT22$2,963+16%$1,479 – $3,452
South Carolina SC51$2,743+7%$2,400 – $4,605
North Carolina NC87$2,724+6%$2,063 – $5,366
Colorado CO64$2,681+5%$1,592 – $3,344
Wisconsin WI107$2,670+4%$1,148 – $3,424
Montana MT16$2,643+3%$1,962 – $3,396
Pennsylvania PA115$2,604+2%$684 – $5,333
Oregon OR45$2,5620%$1,854 – $3,547
Georgia GA101$2,509−2%$1,191 – $3,806
Nevada NV17$2,474−3%$1,507 – $2,992
Washington WA62$2,471−4%$1,543 – $3,553
New Mexico NM29$2,443−5%$1,391 – $3,220
Minnesota MN97$2,332−9%$1,045 – $3,234
Ohio OH126$2,270−11%$1,581 – $3,049
Idaho ID21$2,263−12%$1,865 – $3,061
Michigan MI81$2,260−12%$1,605 – $4,039
Wyoming WY12$2,193−14%$533 – $3,270
Kentucky KY62$2,129−17%$1,355 – $4,146
Rhode Island RI10$2,127−17%$902 – $4,100
Missouri MO76$2,090−18%$1,329 – $3,253
West Virginia WV40$1,974−23%$1,494 – $3,479
Hawaii HI14$1,907−26%$1,609 – $2,606
Arizona AZ46$1,848−28%$694 – $5,817
Oklahoma OK60$1,716−33%$1,071 – $2,780
Alabama AL38$1,711−33%$1,236 – $4,217
Maine ME24$1,685−34%$834 – $3,357
Kansas KS81$1,634−36%$774 – $3,027
New York NY107$1,629−36%$680 – $4,014
Mississippi MS49$1,502−41%$858 – $2,079
Indiana IN95$1,323−48%$734 – $2,923
Maryland MD37$1,263−51%$777 – $1,746
Louisiana LA52$1,205−53%$794 – $2,356
Tennessee TN78$992−61%$647 – $2,879
Arkansas AR32$859−66%$584 – $1,731
New Jersey NJ45$511−80%$404 – $2,651
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 $2,562.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,265$2,495$1,153 – $4,688
Children’s65$3,389$2,632 – $4,433
Critical access812$2,612$1,434 – $3,762
Ownership
For-profit466$3,265$1,346 – $9,824
Government563$2,408$1,124 – $3,553
Non-profit2,113$2,546$1,212 – $4,012
System affiliation
Part of a system2,589$2,624$1,266 – $4,412
Independent563$2,146$1,029 – $3,683

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,208
Median cash price$2,562
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

2,154 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,660 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,708; most fall between $1,388 and $4,266.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,154 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
$895$1,611$2,660$3,815$5,817

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($895 vs $5,817).

Of the 2,392 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,154 gave a usable cash price; 129 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 109 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,152 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (80%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,511 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,152
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 — excluded132
Hospitals that filed this code3,511

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 Any Jt Lower Extrem W/O & W/Contrast Matrl.

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 a leg joint with and without contrast (CPT 73723) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-73723-mri-of-a-leg-joint-with-and-without-contrast