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To: i-node who wrote (704502)	3/16/2013 2:41:49 AM
From: FJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572921

I paid $320 for a knee MRI at a clinic one mile away. There are probably 20 MRI machines within five miles of me. That knee MRI would have been $1500 at the local, plush hospital.

To: i-node who wrote (704502)	3/16/2013 9:11:29 AM
From: Jim McMannis	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1572921

If you know where to go you can get one for $300 in the USA.

To: i-node who wrote (704502)	3/16/2013 11:44:06 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572921

Well, it could have to do with the fact that France has fewer than 10 MRI machines per million people vs. other European countries which have 17 per million putting France among the least well-equipped European countries, RESULTING IN AVERAGE WAIT TIMES OF 32.2 DAYS (and those in underprivileged areas waiting twice that). Wouldn't that have the opposite effect? Supply vs demand should drive prices higher in France, no? And to a very large extent it has to do with Medicare underpaying for MRIs shifting costs to other payers. Medicare typically pays around $400-500 for an MRI. All in. So, $1,080 is not an actual figure; it is a gross figure that is ALWAYS written down. I think 1080 is an average. Down here an MRI is closer to $1500.... Al