The price is also different depending on which insurance company is paying for the service. You’d be shocked to find out the cost of a service if you were willing to pay up front with cash. It’s so much cheaper for everyone involved.
Whatever happened to efficient markets? And why doesn't this kind of behaviour get fixed by the courts, it sounds like a lot of the players are in collusion to keep the prices high.
Sounds like they put the MRI machine on the wrong setting.