How much does it cost to get an MRI?

[glen]

 

[vi edit]

$1200-$2000.

Plus subsequent follow up visits for diagnosis.

 

[bradruth]

Has your old, gimping knee gone akimbo again?

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
$1200-$2000.

Plus subsequent follow up visits for diagnosis.

That's the Iowa price. In the rest of the world, generally more.

 

[spacejamz]

had one done two years ago...$15 copay....never saw the actual amount they billed my insurance co...

 

[NetGuySC]

My wife had one last october.

$1050 charge and I had to pay 20 copay and another $50

 

[Turkey22]

Roughly $2000 better get insurance first.

 

[waylman]

$1100 in Philly...I have to go soon

 

[Sust]

It's free if you sign up for the appropriate study at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

Search engine of studies

Actually, I'm sorry. It's not free. They pay you to come in and do their study(typically 70-80bux per hour).
I work there and we have to ensure that the part of you we want to look at is "normal".
Thus there is extensive medical testing done on each of our subjects to make sure they are okay.
Only then can we use their data.

I've been paid to do brain MRI's of all types, knee MRI's, almost every blood test under the sun...
And I dont even get the chance to do as many as I would like.

 

[Electric Amish]

It probably depends on the type of scan, but my wife's had 4-5 of her head and the average is around $1000-$1200.

 

[Nocturnal]

Pretty expensive if you don't have medical insurance.

 

[desy]

Gee here in Canada in communist Canada you can get one for $500 CDN
From a PRIVATE instution, not part of socialized medicare. . .

Everyone from the States assumes medicare means all paid for. It does not, about 25% of medicine in Canada comes from the private industry.

 

[cornbread]

Had one last night of my lower back...
They billed the insurance for 1700$.. This was for an Open MRI.
My copay = 0$