The Radiology equipment research rates vary depending on the type of research being performed and funding sources.

Clinical Trials

  • Standard of Care exams may be billed to the patient or their insurance depending on the study IRB protocol.
  • Employing clinical standard of care Radiology imaging often are billed through the usual clinical process. Charges for the use of Radiology services will be based on CPT code and come from the Research Pricing Request form.
  • Other exams may be billed to the grant or sponsor.

Research

Research employing Radiology imaging room time will be billed by the hour, according to the table below. 

Charge per Hour
Modality Human:
Federal (NIH/NCI) Foundation Internal
Human:
Industry
Animal:
All funding sources
Non-living Human (cadaver), Specimens, Phantoms: All funding sources
MRI $550.00 $850.00 $275.00 $150.00
CT $550.00 $850.00 $275.00 $150.00
PET CT $550.00 $850.00 $275.00 $150.00
US $150.00 $200.00 $75.00 $50.00
Nuclear Med $150.00 $200.00 $75.00 $50.00
Fluoroscopy $110.00 $200.00 $55.00 $30.00
X Ray $110.00 $200.00 $55.00 $30.00
Dexa $110.00 $200.00 $55.00 $30.00

 

Charges for Additional Radiology Research Services: (as needed)

 

Charge per Occasion
Additional Radiology Services Human: Federal (NIH/NCI) Foundation Internal MU Grant Human: Industry Animal: All funding sources Non-living Human (cadaver), Specimens, Phantoms: All funding sources
Radiologist Read $200.00 $200.0 $200.00 $200.00
Study Form Completion: Radiologist $50.00 $150.00 $50.00 $50.00
Study Form Completion: Technologist $50.00 $150.00 $50.00 $50.00
Image De-identification $30.00 $100.00 $30.00 $30.00
Image Uploading $30.00 $100.00 $30.00 $30.00
Vendor Site Access $30.00 $100.00 $30.00 $30.00
Data Archiving $30.00 $100.00 $30.00 $30.00

 

Charge per Hour
Additional Radiology Services Human:
Federal (NIH/NCI) Foundation
Internal MU Grant

Human:
Industry

Animal:
All funding sources

Non-living Human (cadaver), Specimens, Phantoms:
All funding sources

Radiologist Training $50.00 $150.00 $50.00 $50.00
Technologist Training $50.00 $150.00 $50.00 $50.00
Image Post-processing/Analysis Charge may vary depending on the complexity of the processing/analysis

 

Radiology Internal Admin: includes start up activities such as: feasibility form completion, qualification image, equip and/or software set up and testing.
 

Additional Radiology Services Human:
Federal (NIH/NCI) Foundation Internal MU Grant
Human:
Industry
Animal:
All funding sources
Non-living Human (cadaver), Specimens, Phantoms: All funding sources
Radiology Admin Fee $200.00 $600.00 $200.00 $200.00


Charges for Use of Contrast

MRI Contrast

  • $125.00 per administration

CT Contrast

  • $100.00 per administration

Charges for Radiotracer used in Nuclear Medicine/PET scans

Charge will vary depending on the radiotracer used in the study and will be determined on a case-by-case basis. The cost will be processed as a pass-through charge to the research study.