Check Your Health- Tellica's Low-Cost Medical Imaging Can Help with Summer Injuries
Summer is a time when people love going outdoors to enjoy the sunny weather, but that also means sustaining more injuries. In some cases, those injuries will require medical imaging for a proper diagnosis.
To help in the process and lower the cost, Tellica imaging is changing how these services are done and becoming a better option for non-emergency imaging needs.
“In the summer we see a lot of injuries which don’t require an emergency room visit, but people may require an MRI to make sure it’s not something more serious,” said Doug Greally, MD, chief medical officer for Tellica Imaging. “By scheduling at a Tellica clinic instead of a hospital it can save people thousands of dollars and might even be covered by insurance.”
Medical imaging is fundamental to both diagnosis and treatment of patients, but the price for these services varies widely depending on where patients have this done.
Tellica Imaging is helping bring down costs by having clinics which only offer MRI and CT scans. By not having the overhead of a normal hospital or clinic it allows for costs to stay lower and the savings are passed on to patients.
With Tellica’s price transparency patients know what to expect because imaging is a flat rate price with an MRI costing $550 and a CT scan at $350. The centers do take insurance which varies on how much is covered but patients will never pay more than the fixed prices.
Since 2021, Tellica Imaging has operated six centers around Utah with plans to expand more in the future. These centers won’t replace imaging at hospitals and clinics but has become an option for patients who are scheduling non-emergency imaging.
“The vast majority of imaging is an outpatient service which gives patients time to shop around,” said Dr. Greally. “We can now offer patients lower cost imaging while also helping relieve any backlogs at other hospitals in the area.”
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