My doctors want a new one every year. For some reason they want to know if I develope new lesions, when there is nothing they can do about it if I do.(I have multiple sclerosis) So every year it's an argument about to what end are we trying to achieve. They always want full brain/spine with and without contrast. Even with insurance I end up getting four or five bills for involved services ranging from $300-$500 each. The last time I had to get a new neurologist, he wanted a whole new work-up... MRIs, MRA, lumbar puncture the whole deal. When they start getting a little cavalier with ordering tests I ask if they're paying and that usually settles the question rather quick. Do you mind if I ask what they were looking for on your MRI, Ginger?
Thank the Twelve Gods that I was born with the blessed disability of being hearing impaired. If I ever need an MRI, I can be sure they'll ask me to remove my hearing aid. Thank you, Gods. This gift of eternal partial deafness was a blessing.
They'll ask you to remove your hearing aid because the magnets in the MRI would rip it out of your head and make it explode.
Just call up the office and ask to get a copy of your medical records (you know this). You'll have to pay for the disk, but then you could let some graphic designer fiddle around with your brain!
In my, extremely relevant experience, having a clean MRI and having a 100% OK [sic] brain are not remotely the same thing.
Bill for the MRI was ~$850, and another ~$450 for the doctor. My share of the total was ~$200. Not too bad.
Because...something about a big head maybe? The first idea was a hamster wheel, but I've used that one before (on my first MRI in 1999). As I side note, I'm remembering now that my first MRI took about an hour and forty minutes, and when I went back a decade later I think I was surprised that it took a little less than an hour.
