US Health Care Costs

MRI of the knee, without contrast in Pennsylvania

CPT 73721 · hospital facility charge

Cash prices range from $269 to $6,214 at the 4 hospitals whose price files we have read so far.

HospitalCityList priceCash priceInsurers (median)
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington$1,945$269$535$263–$1,116 · 22 plans
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia$5,268$282$574$276–$2,328 · 21 plans
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh$10,357$6,214$6,732$1,305–$8,803 · 19 plans
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown––$765$312–$1,896 · 21 plans
Only hospitals whose price files we've read are listed. The price is the hospital's part; the doctor (radiologist, surgeon, anesthesiologist) usually bills separately.