How much does a MRI machine cost?
Typical cost
500,000–3,000,000 $
A scanner that images soft tissue using a superconducting magnet and radio-frequency pulses.
Scanner only. Siting one, with RF shielding and structural work, commonly adds $500,000 or more.
How that compares
MRI machine against things of a similar money.
RMS Titanic 7,500,000 $
MRI machine 500,000–3,000,000 $
Mount Rushmore 990,000 $
Fire truck 500,000–2,200,000 $
City bus 450,000–1,300,000 $
Garbage truck 200,000–500,000 $
Ambulance 150,000–450,000 $
Concrete mixer truck 140,000–350,000 $
How to read this figure
The range here is wide, and that is the honest answer rather than a hedge: the cheap and expensive ends of this category are genuinely different products, and the price gap between them is real.
Prices are in US dollars and are indicative only. They date faster than anything else on this site — treat them as an order of magnitude. Installation, delivery and tax are excluded unless the note above says otherwise.
More about an MRI machine
- How much does a MRI machine weigh? 3,000–11,000 kg
Common questions
- How much does an MRI machine cost?
- An MRI machine costs 500,000–3,000,000 $. Scanner only. Siting one, with RF shielding and structural work, commonly adds $500,000 or more.
Related pages
- How much does a MRI machine weigh? 3,000–11,000 kg
- How much does a wheelchair cost? 120–3,000 $
- How much does a ambulance cost? 150,000–450,000 $
- How much does a hospital bed cost? 900–40,000 $
- How much does a defibrillator cost? 1,000–3,000 $
Sources
- Typical range compiled from manufacturer specifications — At One Place