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Personally, I have no idea what they cost but I'm interested, for a family member.

So how much is it? Reference?

(We do have a state health system here, but a doctor must send people for testing. It is generally easier to work and pay yourself, despite paying high taxes for other's use of the state health system.)

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NPR did a segment on how the price of MRIs varies to a crazy extent, because no one knows what they ought to cost:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1203992...

They followed it up with some comparisons to Japan:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1205455...

The place I usually go for my MRIs bills $1600 for an MRI of the L-spine with contrast (this is Phoenix, AZ, USA). The only other place I am aware of cost wise is a local hospital that performed a full central nervous system MRI with contrast for $7000. All of the other MRIs I've had were either inpatient or wrapped into the cost of a larger treatment plan so I do not know of the cost.

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