MRI Question:

after heart surgery i had to sit around for a couple weeks too... it kinda sucked. At least i talked them out of making me stay in the hospital.

Angiogram?

Angiogram?

atrial tachnycardia treated with radio frequency ablation.

atrial tachnycardia treated with radio frequency ablation.

Kewl. Our hospitals get paid a lots for those. We likey patients like you, young with little risk of bad things happening who come in for one of the few procedures that are actually profitable. (I'm in the biz)

Hey Guys,

Im going into my last semester of my undergrad degree. But, it looks as if I may need to get an MRI. Would it make sense for me to buy 6 months worth of insurance now until I can land a job (hopefully) after school with benefits?

I have no idea how much an MRI will cost.

My MRI (on my lower back) was a little over $2200. Luckily, I have insurance through my work, so it was covered entirely.

Keep in mind that if you get an MRI when you don't have insurance, then when you are eligible for insurance they might consider it a "pre existing condition". It may suck to wait, but I think I would if I were in your shoes.

Kewl. Our hospitals get paid a lots for those. We likey patients like you, young with little risk of bad things happening who come in for one of the few procedures that are actually profitable. (I'm in the biz)

well, it took three tries, but they got it, and you wouldn't have made any money off me... unless you were a surgical naval officer (in which case you still wouldn't be making any money off me, so, uh, yeah)... yay bethesda naval hospital!

it's a training hospital though, so it was weird going back for halter monitors... i got the rock star treatment cause apparently every there was watching the thing afterwards... strange.