MRI, knee or other leg joint
Facility: Palmdale Regional Medical Center
Billing Code: 73721 (CPT)
Highest price of the 9 CA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.
A fair price for a MRI, knee or other leg joint is about $411 (about 1.7× the $244 Medicare rate). Palmdale Regional Medical Center charges insurers about $392, or about $3,072 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Palmdale, CA.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.
| Insurance company | Price range | vs. Medicare |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $392 - $3,587 | 161% |
| Aetnamajor | $1,682 | 690% |
| Cignamajor | $2,060 - $4,136 | 845% |
| Kaiser Permanentemajor | $264 - $2,016 | 108% |
| Health Net | $344 - $3,514 | 141% |
| Molina | $188 | 77% |
| + 3 smaller / regional plans | $144 - $7,489 |
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Other Procedures at Palmdale Regional Medical Center
Compare: MRI, knee or other leg joint at other CA hospitals
- Saint Agnes Medical Center · Fresno $63
- Mayers Memorial Hospital · Fall River Mills $66
- Adventist Health Vallejo · Vallejo $84
- Adventist Health Howard Memorial · Willits $96
- Adventist Health Mendocino Coast · Fort Bragg $126
- Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA · Los Angeles $133
- Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley · Tehachapi $140
- Children's Hosp of Los Angeles · Los Angeles $182
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.