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To: wideminded
The doctor is not "losing" $450. MRIs are vastly overpriced on a routine basis.

Let's assess how the original charge is arrived at, shall we?

Cost of scanner: 1.5 - 2 million $

Place to put scanner (facility build out, rental, compliance with reams of regulations): 500K

Tech to run scanner + benefits: 150K.

Nurse to start IVs and sedate claustrophobic pt + benefits: 200K

Service contract to maintain scanner: 50-100k/yr

Clerical staff+ benefits: 100K

IT infrastructure for interpretation and reporting: 200K

Malpractice/liability insurance: 100K/yr

Radiologist salary: $300K/yr

Housekeeping services: 50K/yr

Utility charges: 10k/yr (?)

You might want to rethink your original statement.

39 posted on 04/04/2012 1:30:44 PM PDT by bkopto (Obama is merely a symptom of a more profound, systemic disease in American body politic.)
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To: bkopto
Nurse to start IVs and sedate claustrophobic pt + benefits: 200K

I know of no nurse making $200k a year....doing what you have described.

40 posted on 04/04/2012 1:41:44 PM PDT by Osage Orange (The MSM is the most dangerous entity in the United States of America.)
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