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submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (3 children)

How much do you think a hamster MRI costs?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Same as a human mri, from what I looked up it's like $1k

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Found the American.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My last MRI they billed 20k

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

My last MRI they billed ~$70. No insurance involved, a plain straight "you walk in from the street, you pay this" price.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

nah too cheap to be american

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Couldn't you save a lot of money by scanning a few dozen at the same time?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Hypothetically yes, logically no.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

If this is an American hamster, I hope it's got a decent job with good health insurance.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I had both my knees done, I think it was AUD$400 because it was GP not specialist referred. Probably one of the more expensive things you can get done in this country, but I'm thankful it was only that much hearing from the yanks.

[–] FinnFooted 4 points 5 months ago

Like... For your pet hamster or for research? Cos the only rodents I know who get a MRI done are for research. And then the people doing the research own the MRI.

Do average income people get MRIs for the pets?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

About as much as a human MRI