When a doctor’s recommendation turns into $2,380 in bills, or how much does an MRI cost?

Jeanne Pinder September 1, 2018

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When a doctor’s recommendation turns into $2,380 in bills, or how much does an MRI cost?

A community member shared with us the bare bones of a story: Two MRI bills at an imaging center in Scarborough, Maine, resulted in a bill for $2,380. “Doctor advised ‘spinal MRI’, no indication given that procedure would be expensive or be billed separately for thoracic and lumbar regions of the spine,” wrote the community […]

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MRI costs, or why this surgeon is challenging N.C.’s certificate of need law: Vox

Jeanne Pinder July 31, 2018

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MRI costs, or why this surgeon is challenging N.C.’s certificate of need law: Vox

“Dr. Gajendra Singh walked out of his local hospital’s outpatient department last year, having been told an ultrasound for some vague abdominal pain he was feeling would cost $1,200 or so, and decided enough was enough,” Dylan Scott writes over at Vox.com. “If he was balking at the price of a routine medical scan, what […]

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How to shop for an MRI: His was $600

Jeanne Pinder July 1, 2018

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A friend asked the other day if it was possible to shop for an MRI. I sent him our “10 questions to ask” post, and after a little while, he emailed me to say he had a shoulder MRI for $600 at Union Square Imaging in New York. I asked him if he could tell […]

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The $450 MRI: One woman’s story of cash for convenience

Jeanne Pinder October 8, 2015

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The $450 MRI: One woman’s story of cash for convenience

She got a foot MRI, for cash, at $450, and considers it a bargain. The story involves a young woman I know who needed an MRI to diagnose a complicated foot injury. Two X-rays about five days apart showed that it wasn’t broken, but it was swollen and painful (the foot in question had been […]

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An X-ray for $34, an MRI for $499, a mammogram for $150

Jeanne Pinder March 8, 2015

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Summary: More and more cash imaging places are coming across our radar. This one, Premier Medical Imaging, is based in Scottsdale, Ariz., and serves patients in the Midwest and also Alabama — with a $34 cash X-Ray and a $499 MRI without contrast, as well as a $359 CT scan without contrast. We don’t know […]

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How much does an MRI cost in California: $255? $973.25? $2,925?

Jeanne Pinder July 30, 2014

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Summary: Early results from our California crowdsourcing project on MRI prices are in. Payments range from $255 to $2,925.15. MRI pricing is a complete mystery: What should you pay? Can you ask for a discount? We’ve been looking at health-care prices for three years, so if we say it’s a mystery, we can imagine what […]

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Why do MRI prices vary so much? And a note about our data

Jeanne Pinder July 17, 2014

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Summary: MRI pricing is fascinating because the disparities are so wide. It’s basically a fairly routine procedure (I’ve had one myself) and yet we have providers reporting prices to us ranging from as little as $295 to to $10,246 at UCSF-Mount Zion. CLICK HERE FOR PRICES

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How much does childbirth cost? Or an MRI? Our hospital data

Jeanne Pinder June 2, 2014

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How much does childbirth cost? Or an MRI? Our hospital data

Summary: How much does childbirth cost? How much does an MRI cost? Gall bladder surgery, arthroscopy? Today we’re rolling out our database of cash or self-pay hospital prices. While we’ve been collecting pricing for modest “shoppable” procedures since our founding in early 2011, we are now launching a separate database of cash or self-pay prices for more […]

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How much does an MRI cost? $425 to $2,530. A look at price calculators.

Jeanne Pinder March 3, 2014

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SUMMARY: Dear Insurance Co., Patient X called and he wants to know why you’re paying $425 and $2,530 for the same thing. Keep reading for a mini-mystery story, or… CLICK HERE FOR PRICES

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Revealing secrets: Find out a raft of health-care prices in Texas

Jeanne Pinder February 24, 2014

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Revealing secrets: Find out a raft of health-care prices in Texas

SUMMARY: Online health-cost pricing tools pop up every day, a reflection of the changing marketplace, and the way transparency in costs is rolling over the industry like an irresistible force. Some are better than others. We were interested, then, to see this Texas pricing tool.

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