{"id":718,"date":"2012-07-26T09:41:23","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T14:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/?p=718"},"modified":"2012-07-26T09:41:23","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T14:41:23","slug":"benefits-tip-mris-imaging-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/2012\/07\/26\/benefits-tip-mris-imaging-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits Tip: MRIs &amp; Imaging Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that MRIs and imaging services can often be cheaper at a freestanding facility, such as Medical Diagnostic Imaging of Abilene (MDI) located at 4349 South Treadaway Blvd.\u00a0\u00a0Freestanding facilities often charge only a fraction of the cost charged by hospitals.\u00a0For example, a knee MRI administered by MDI would cost\u00a0\u00a0$433.11, whereas this same MRI administered at a hospital could cost\u00a0$1, 962.79.\u00a0Hospital radiology centers require round-the-clock staffing and often charge higher fees for their services to offset the costs of their 24\/7 operations. Hospitals charge exorbitant fees for high-tech diagnostics, like MRIs, to subsidize other reimbursed services.\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif\">By using a freestanding facility, patients can save up to 75 percent over having the exact same tests done at a hospital\u2014and there\u2019s no difference in quality. <span style=\"color: #888888\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that MRIs and imaging services can often be cheaper at a freestanding facility, such as Medical Diagnostic Imaging of Abilene (MDI) located at 4349 South Treadaway Blvd.\u00a0\u00a0Freestanding facilities often charge only a fraction of the cost charged by hospitals.\u00a0For example, a knee MRI administered by MDI would cost\u00a0\u00a0$433.11, whereas this same MRI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6988,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-benefits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":723,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions\/723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}