What does an MRI cost?

[BBB]

Buy your own for under $40k

http://m.ebay.com/itm/2000Toshiba-U...-9001-2008-Certified-/111866164322?nav=SEARCH

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Buy your own for under $40k

http://m.ebay.com/itm/2000Toshiba-U...-9001-2008-Certified-/111866164322?nav=SEARCH

Good for the hobbyist or budding specialist in the family. LOL I see it is a 0.3 Tesla machine. Pretty ancient by todays standards which are about ten times that. Perhaps it will sell to some central African country and be the first in the country.

 

[Shioda]

Sent a client to clinic for MRI of back. He had no insurance. Cost was $2000 but on contingency. That means they only get paid if and when case is won. They got paid, but you know they is a lot of fluff in that price. You can get the same MRI in Japan for $500 without insurance.

 

[Big Kahuna]

I just had an MRI found out I tore my ACL completely. MRI was about $2k. ACL replacement is $20k I found out!

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

I just had an MRI found out I tore my ACL completely. MRI was about $2k. ACL replacement is $20k I found out!

20K? OUCH!! Mine will be free once I get it. No insurance required but just a longer waiting time and that is due to a shortage of orthopedic surgeons and support staff. Living in an area where the largest city east of Quebec has only 200K people means fewer specialists.

 

[Big Kahuna]

Ahhh... Canada I lived in Canada for a while - it was great not having to worry about health insurance but the wait times for the important stuff drove me nuts. In the states you can get the MRI and surgery within a week in many cases. Course you got to pay the big $$$.