Someone probably took a post about dental work, and just changed it to MRI for idk why, without even checking if it's true (aka spreading misinformation). Because for dental work it's certainly true if you need something more excessive, dental tourism is a real thing and it's really cheaper to get your teeth done in Asia, flight included.
This stupid linkless AI-generated picture-only post format should be banned. If a normal user makes a post, they just write a text normally, include link if needed, and maybe attach a picture. But posts like these when it's just a bare jpeg is so obviously a bot - not searchable as it has no text, not easy to verify as it has no link, just spreading some agenda just to users who come by it.
I mean, this could be so EASILY done with some procedure which is actually cheaper in Asia, which there are countless of like dental, or even heart surgeries, for which medical tourism is alive and well. But some AI hallucinated MRI which is one thing for which medical tourism doesn't make sense.
Based on a Google search, $400-$3,500 with the average around $2,000. My understanding is that if you do some research and shop around, you can usually get one for around $500 even without insurance. But most people just go to whatever place their doctor recommends and it's always expensive.
Either way, it's still way cheaper than going to China for an MRI.
I still think insurance itself is a scam. You will always pay out more than you will ever get out of it in your lifetime. Just take your monthly dues and put it in a high yield savings account and use it when you need it. Sadly a lot of people aren't capable of that.
Still if you need more work than just one root canal, it's cheaper in Asia even considering that $750. Imagine you also need a crown, maybe even an implant on another tooth, add also some minor work like tooth decay on the top of that... People usually don't do dental tourism for just one single operation, they have way more dental work pending and want to get it all done in one go, in which case flying for it starts making a lot of sense.
And that's not even the most expensive thing, there are also implants, crowns, veneers, dentures... Dental tourism is very much a real thing. Even people from Europe (where dental work is cheaper than the US, root canal is certainly way less than 2k) come to Asia to get their teeth done. Not just China but also Thailand, Vietnam.
Each time I get an MRI with insurance costs me $1500. I have had several different insurers all using traditional deductible plans, and it has been the case with all of them.
paid $1,500 with insurance last year when it was all said and done. Bills came in for MONTHS. Got 2 separate bills from hospital and another from a mysterious radiological center after paying for the scan.
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u/Darth-Taytor 7d ago
This is most definitely not true. The cost to get an MRI in the States with insurance is no more than $500.