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Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast at John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center.

📍 Walnut Creek, CA 3/5 CMS rating CPT 73721
Cash-pay price
$2,210
John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center is around the national median (-8%) for knee/lower-extremity mri without contrast.
Chargemaster (gross): $4,912

Insurance rates.

Each row is the range of rates John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center negotiated with that payer's plans. Your specific rate depends on your plan.

PayerRange
Aetna$278
Anthem BCBS$3,193
Blue Cross Blue Shield$1,154 – $1,238
Kaiser Permanente$3,979
UnitedHealthcare$140 – $1,154
Cigna$1,271
HealthNet$1,198 – $4,421
Humana$4,077
Medicare$3,929

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Patient experience.

CMS HCAHPS patient survey, period ending 03/31/2025 · 626 completed surveys.

Measure This hospital Network avg Δ
HCAHPS overall star rating 3/5 2.8/5 +0.2
Would definitely recommend 76% 69.6% +6pp
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 69% 68.6% 0pp
Nurses always communicated well 74% 75.6% -2pp
Doctors always communicated well 74% 76.6% -3pp
Given clear info about recovery 87% 84.4% +3pp
Room and bathroom always clean 64% 68.6% -5pp
Staff always explained meds 55% 57.6% -3pp
Quiet at night, always 53% 52.2% +1pp

About this price.

This price comes directly from John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center's machine-readable file (MRF), which the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR 180.50) requires every US hospital to publish. We download it, parse the row for CPT 73721, and show you the dollar amount as published.

The cash-pay number is what an uninsured patient would be charged. Insurance-negotiated rates vary by payer and plan — see the table above for the range, or use the comparison tool for plan-specific numbers.

For a national view of knee/lower-extremity mri without contrast prices, see the Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast overview.