Still, since it made sense for me to pay down my family's deductible, I tried to find a place that would charge my insurance company a reasonable fee. It wasn't easy. As Pinder puts it, usually "if you call someone and ask how much an MRI is, they'll hang up on you. Sure, the Yelp reviews of both places were bad, but to save hundreds of dollars I figured I could endure a good amount of inconvenience and discomfort.
And, Pinder says, the difference between what providers charge can be far greater: Some patients have found that it runs into the thousands, which can be, after all, "a life-altering sum of money. The man in charge of billing at the store-front operation stressed to me that there are no guarantees. Somewhere in between running the scan, billing my insurance company and billing me, he said, the cost could change.
I said I understood the risk, because what choice did I have? In the end, I was charged roughly the price I'd been quoted. I was doubly lucky: I don't have cancer, and I could pay my bills. My primary takeaway was that, though it's exhausting and time-consuming, if you raise the subject of money with doctors, administrators and your insurance company in a polite but persistent way, and do some research on your own, you can save a lot.
And, if you want to save even more, try to pay cash. Safety features must be built in to protect those right outside from the magnetic field. Recouping these costs factors into your bill, but that alone does not tell the entire story.
Charges for a single MRI scan vary widely across the country for reasons beyond startup costs. Additionally, your ordering physician may ask for the MRI to be done with or without contrast dye, or both. This means that in addition to cost of the scan, your total bill for the MRI will include the radiologist fee, the contrast dyes, and the cost of the procedure itself.
No calls I loved it!! They even got me in within a couple days of my request. I completely recommend them. I cannot recommend this company enough for affordable radiology services. By 10am the next day she had already called them to follow up when she had not yet received it. Her responses to my questions were so quick. There was never any waiting around, and she even scheduled my appointment at the clinic for me. Hopefully I won't need to use them again, but if I had to I definitely would.
I will continue to use them in the future. Very affordable in contrast to MRI's and cat scans at hospitals. This is the way healthcare should be. Having the ability to know about your cost upfront. I highly recommend this company. I cannot say enough nice things about this facility and the staff. Green Imaging and Dr. Dickerson offered very reasonable rates for this situation. Dickerson emailed me directly and was very accessible.
The staff were pleasant and well trained. The young man who did my MRI was so nice. I was very nervous as I have a bit of claustrophobia, he talked me through the procedure and made me feel safe and comfortable.
My results were available to my physician the same day. If you need an MRI or other specialized service, please give the folks at Green Imagining the opportunity to quote you a price. At American Health Imaging , we offer cost-effective, quality MRIs for our patients, and we do it with full transparency.
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