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This surgeon wants to offer cheap MRIs. A state law is getting in his way.

Posted by Neverland
Tags: usa, regulation
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/7/31/17629526/mri-cost-certificate-of-need-north-carolina-lawsuit

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Exclusive: Surgeon sues to overturn a North Carolina law that blocks him from offering cheaper MRIs
Published
Jul 31 2018
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1506 words

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  1. Neverland
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    ... and North Carolina has a relative low cost of living. When I needed an MRI in SoCal, the lowest price I could find was $2,800. I recently got an MRI in Poland using a modern machine, at a...

    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. If he was balking at the price of a routine medical scan, what must people who weren’t well-paid medical professionals be thinking?

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    As Vox’s Sarah Kliff reported as part of her project to collect emergency room bills, Americans can sometimes be charged as much as $24,000 if they get an MRI at a hospital’s ER. Singh is offering a substantial discount on a medical service plagued by high costs.

    the average MRI cost statewide in North Carolina ran about $1,200 or so, though it varied depending on the specific location.

    and North Carolina has a relative low cost of living. When I needed an MRI in SoCal, the lowest price I could find was $2,800.

    I recently got an MRI in Poland using a modern machine, at a private for-profit healthcare center, for $150.

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