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MRI of a Leg Joint, Without Contrast

Kansas rates for HCPCS 73721

A detailed imaging exam of a joint in the leg, such as the knee, ankle, or hip, using magnetic fields and radio waves rather than radiation, performed without contrast dye. It gives a clear view of ligaments, tendons, cartilage, and other soft tissue around the joint that an X-ray cannot show. It's commonly used to evaluate joint pain, suspected tears, or other soft-tissue injuries.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does MRI of a Leg Joint, Without Contrast cost?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $525 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$447$282 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$525 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $398 to $646Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $234 to $2,818
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $447

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$338.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Vermont than in Utah. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Kansas· 6th of 51

$501

VT $2,089UT $155

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.