Why Your MRI or CT Scan Costs An Arm and a Leg | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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Medical imaging is one of the most common and overused diagnostic techniques[1] used today, and by far the costliest. While cancer caused by radiation from medical imaging can be a long-term concern, the more immediate worry for someone facing a new diagnosis is usually cost.

The good news is that there are at least a few tools that can help patients curb spending on medical imaging, which is employed to diagnose everything from broken bones to multiple sclerosis to cancer.

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At $2,600 on average for an MRI and $1,100 on average for an ultrasound[3], even one unnecessary test is too many for folks on a budget, unless your insurance or Medicare covers the test. If you were unfortunate enough to find yourself in one of the nation’s top charging hospitals, those fees could jump to over $13,300 for an MRI[4] and $7,600 for an ultrasound. (These prices are total amounts billed to patients and don’t ref...