MRI scan - cost

Poppy9

My friend has just been discharged from hospital after suffering a fit. They are unsure of the cause but a brain scan found a leison on her brain. She now has to wait upto 6 weeks for an MRI scan. Obviously she is worried and is considering paying privately for the MRI - does anyone know how much its likely to cost?

Thanks

Noozan

I'm an interpreter and arranged a private MRI scan for a client about 2 weeks ago at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh - it was £550, but this may vary from hospital to hospital.

calleyw

Noozan wrote:

I'm an interpreter and arranged a private MRI scan for a client about 2 weeks ago at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh - it was £550, but this may vary from hospital to hospital.

I would say that is about right £500/£600. As hubby had a CAT scan a couple of years ago and that cost about £300ish.

Yours

Calley

Spendless

Hi Poppy

I have a benign brain tumour and have to have annual MRI scans. I am covered by BUPA via my husbands employers but they send me the bill initially. I've just looked up the bill for last year -Aug 04 and it was £569. This was in Sheffield.

Savvy_Sue

Just to say that it's important to make clear you are going private. In this case it would probably be obvious, but I have a friend who saw consultant privately and he wanted her to have a scan, the secretary assumed that since she didn't have insurance that the scan would be NHS and put her on that waiting list!

Poppy9

Ok I'll let her know. If it was going to be more than £1k I was going to offer to help her out so that she could get it over with quickly. I know under that amount they will be able to afford.

Thanks for all your advice etc.

Bossyboots

Poppy9 wrote:

Ok I'll let her know. If it was going to be more than £1k I was going to offer to help her out so that she could get it over with quickly. I know under that amount they will be able to afford.

Thanks for all your advice etc.

Ah, what a lovely gesture.

Dumyat

to get an appointment within 6 weeks would be considered an emergency appointment in most MRI scanners. Make sure that if you do decide to go down the private route that you are getting people specialised in neuro radiology as it is a speciality in radiology.

Spendless

dogrose wrote:

to get an appointment within 6 weeks would be considered an emergency appointment in most MRI scanners. Make sure that if you do decide to go down the private route that you are getting people specialised in neuro radiology as it is a speciality in radiology.

In my case it's exactly the same hospital,same equipment, same staff,same neuro-surgeon as if I was using NHS. Only difference is I am seen on a different day because I am a private patient (BUPA).

Dumyat

yeah that is often the case, but not always. I should add I work in neuro-radiology.

calleyw

Or as in hubby's case at 8am. Before all the NHS patients.


Yours


Calley