The median cash price for MRI of the Knee (without contrast) is $1,850.85, based on the stated self-pay prices 38 hospitals publish in their federal price-transparency files. Across all 41 hospitals we cover, prices run $142.47–$9,675.
| Hospital | Cash price | Gross charge | File dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI |
$40.68 est. | — | 2025-06-28 |
| MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center Baltimore, MD |
$142.47 cash | $145.38 | 2026-04-01 |
| Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, PA |
$186.13 est. | — | 2026-04-13 |
| University of Michigan Health Ann Arbor, MI |
$223.20 cash | $558 | 3/31/2026 |
| HMH Hospitals Corporation (Hackensack) Hackensack, NJ |
$267.55 cash | $4,290 | 2025-12-31 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ |
$271.19 est. | — | 2026-03-04 |
| Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Cleveland, OH |
$386.10 cash | $594 | 2026-06-16 |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (Dartmouth) Lebanon, NH |
$449.21 cash | $1,468 | 1/1/2026 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ |
$456.77 cash | $2,379 | 2026-03-02 |
| Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL |
$630.70 cash | $1,802 | 2026-04-01 |
| WVU Hospitals Morgantown, WV |
$869 cash | $1,738 | 3/30/2026 |
| Scripps Green Hospital San Diego, CA |
$945.23 cash | $3,780.92 | 2026-03-30 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla San Diego, CA |
$945.23 cash | $3,780.92 | 2026-03-30 |
| NYU Langone Tisch Hospital New York, NY |
$1,201.85 cash | $6,325.51 | 2026-01-01 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX |
$1,230 cash | $2,460 | 2026-04-01 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC |
$1,314.23 cash | $4,867.50 | 04/01/2026 |
| Dignity Health St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ |
$1,446.26 cash | $3,786 | 2026-02-28 |
| UC Irvine Medical Center Orange, CA |
$1,530 cash | $3,825 | 2026-04-01 |
| Montefiore Medical Center New York, NY |
$1,602.39 cash | $2,450.13 | 2026-04-01 |
| Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Houston, TX |
$1,610.16 cash | $5,031.75 | 2026-04-01 |
| OHSU Hospital Portland, OR |
$1,665.30 cash | $2,562 | 2026-03-23 |
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital (Wake Forest) Winston-Salem, NC |
$1,747.50 cash | $3,495 | 2025-10-08 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA |
$1,954.20 cash | $6,514 | 2026-04-01 |
| Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX |
$2,045.58 cash | $3,409.30 | 2026-02-18 |
| University Hospitals Health System Cleveland, OH |
$2,478.75 cash | $3,305 | 2025-05-16 |
| Brigham and Womens Hospital Boston, MA |
$2,499 cash | $3,332 | 2026-03-27 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA |
$2,499 cash | $3,332 | 2026-03-27 |
| Froedtert Hospital Milwaukee, WI |
$2,695 cash | $4,900 | 2025-12-31 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA |
$2,922 cash | $3,896 | 2026-04-01 |
| Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX |
$3,174.46 cash | $4,738 | 2026-03-05 |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center San Diego, CA |
$3,246.75 cash | $4,329 | 04/01/2026 |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Chicago, IL |
$3,403.40 cash | $4,862 | 4/1/2026 |
| Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center Oakland, CA |
$3,438.40 cash | $6,140 | 4/1/2026 |
| Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage, AK |
$3,832.92 cash | $4,914 | 2026-04-01 |
| Stanford Health Care Palo Alto, CA |
$4,156 cash | $10,390 | 2026-04-01 |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA |
$4,552.90 cash | $4,552.90 | 03/31/2026 |
| University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL |
$4,638 cash | $4,638 | 2026-04-01 |
| OSF HealthCare Peoria, IL |
$4,771.20 cash | $7,952 | 2026-03-31 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA |
$4,984.95 cash | $7,669.16 | 2025-11-26 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY |
$5,492 cash | $5,492 | 2025-12-01 |
| Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
$9,675 cash | $9,675 | 2026-02-10 |
"Cash price" = the hospital's published discounted_cash self-pay rate. "Gross charge" = the sticker price before any discount — what cash-pay patients are first billed and can negotiate down toward the cash rate.
If you're paying cash for MRI of the Knee (without contrast), the hospital's published self-pay price is a ceiling you can negotiate from, not a fixed quote. Bring the figure above (and the source file) to billing and ask for the cash / prompt-pay rate. Free-standing imaging centers and ASCs are often well below hospital outpatient rates.