Medicare Physician Fee Schedule · Q3 2026 release
CPT 73221 in Chicago, IL
An MRI of one joint in the arm - most often the shoulder, but also the elbow or wrist - performed with no injected contrast dye. Unlike an X-ray, it shows the soft tissues: tendons, ligaments, cartilage, and the fluid inside the joint. This plain version is the standard first choice; matching codes cover the same joint scanned with dye, or scanned both ways.
Medicare pays, Office (non-facility) setting, in Chicago, IL
$210.07
Before the ~2% sequestration cut. Q3 2026 Physician Fee Schedule.
Local vs. national amount
Chicago, IL pays above the national baseline by 2.4%, driven by this locality's GPCIs.
ZIP codes in this locality
This payment locality covers 228 ZIP codes, including 60004, 60005, 60006, 60007, 60008, 60009, 60016, 60017, 60018, 60019, 60022, 60025 and others . Every ZIP in this locality is priced the same under the Physician Fee Schedule.