The Tampa Bay Edition of the healthcare news source Medical News recently highlighted SelfPayMRI.com.
You can see the entire April Edition by clicking on the link below:
Tampa Bay Medical News April 2012
Our article is shown below.
Thanks to the folks at Medical News for the great support!
Everyone knows you can save a lot of money using SelfPayMRI.com as a self-pay patient or someone without insurance. Many don’t realize if you are on high-deductible health plan (HDHP) you can save using our site as well.
Let’s go through a simple case study.
The patient below needed a MRI Lower Extremity without Contrast. He has a high-deductible plan and has not covered his yearly deductible. The exam was completed locally and his Aetna member rate was $425.39.
After getting this EOB, the facility will write-off $605.61 and bill this patient $425.39.
Ok, let’s look at the same encounter using SelfPayMRI.com.
Listed prices for this same exam on our system range from $259 to $359. This is even before any re-bids from our listing facilities that would have lowered these prices further. Same or greater quality? Of course! All our facilities are accredited by the American College of Radiology.
This patient could have easily saved over $100 for about 10 minutes of additional work (checking the facility’s participating status with their payor and filing the medical claim form). We even email you your insurance company’s claim form after you reserve the appointment on our site.
The bottom line. Save $100 or more with your high-deductible health plan using SelfPayMRI.com.
What’s better than the best prices for MRI, CT, and other imaging testing in the area? What about a system that provides you the best MATCH for your specific test based on several variables.
Here is what we are working on.
Price is a big factor in determining where patients end up going, but price is just one of many factors that should be considered.
MRI-MATCH is a new search method we will implement soon and patient MRI results will post according to several criteria. Most of this matching depends on the type of MRI EXAM requested.
For example, if a patient requests a MRI Lumbar Spine, we will match this request based on several factors to include:
SelfPayMRI.com is the only online resource using these types of search methods. Instantly patients and ordering doctors will be able to search their local area not just for the best price, but for the best center match. MRI-MATCH will be amazing and will provide the patient the best exam possible for the lowest possible price.
Note: We are starting this with MRI exams, but will implement the same matching method with other exam types soon.
Throughout Tampa Bay, medical practices are beginning to get connected to SelfPayMRI.com and using the service to find great deals on imaging testing for their patients.
How?
About half of our physician offices are using the SelfPayMRI.com notepads. The others use the PRINT RESULTS function after searching for a test. Both ways helps patient engagement with the site and ultimately a great deal at an accredited local facility.
If you practice needs SelfPayMRI.com notepads, please call 813-321-0808 (option 2) or email help@selfpaymri.com.
We are currently distributing our Tampa Bay Region SelfPayMRI.com Notepads to area physicians and medical groups!
Our ordering physicians and their staff wanted an easy to use SelfPayMRI.com information piece to provide to their patients at time of test order. This notepad provides space for test type, specific procedure and date needed. After completed, the patient has enough information to visit SelfPayMRI.com and complete the search for their discounted diagnostic deal.
Instructions are also on the back side for patients that don’t want to use the online interface. We can still match you up with a great imaging deal by call us at 813-321-0808 option 1.
We have plenty of these free notepads and offices can order by calling 813-321-0808 and press option 2.
Printing your procedure results just got better!
Our new Procedure Price Print-Out allows for patient users or ordering physician offices to quickly and easily print SelfPayMRI.com results. This works well when an ordering physician office wants to provide procedure pricing information to the patient in a quick and efficient manner.
Below is the current version, but more improvement to come later!
Accessing this feature is easy. At the bottom of any results will be a “Print these Results” button.
Also, the emailed results look much like the print-out above.
If you are a physician’s office and want to provide your patients instant awareness of area pricing, try emailing or printing results for them. Each method includes instructions on how the patient can take advantage of SelfPayMRI.com deals.
Most patients find out about SelfPayMRI.com directly from their ordering physician’s office. Now we’re added two new ways for physicians and their staff to help spread the word.
We observed several offices printing the blind results screen directly from their browser which often did not print well.
To address this need, we’ve added two new functions at the bottom of the blind results table, “Print these Results” and “Email these Results“.
Offices can now conduct a search for a patient and either PRINT or EMAIL the results, with instructions, directly to the patient!
You will see slight change in the way we list our facility options on SelfPayMRI.com.
In any results we are listing the top three facilities in each of these categories; Most Accreditations, Lowest Price, and Most Savings. In some cases these could be the same facility.
Information is so important when making your decision diagnostic testing – this is why we want to highlight facility options not just based on price or savings. What’s next? More filter options for users to include physician qualifications, languages, patient pick-up services, equipment specs, and credit options!
Help is coming for those patients in Pinellas, Pasco, and Hernando Counties that don’t want to pay full price for outpatient imaging!
SelfPayMRI.com is working with facilities in each of these counties and working to get these new regions up soon! Currently just under 20% of our online orders come from patients outside Hillsborough, a pretty good amount considering the location of our facilities.
Soon, patients these new areas will all have access to quality affordable imaging services via SelfPayMRI.com and will not have to travel outside their county for testing. There are several affordable, local, and accredited options in these areas and facilities have been very open to the SelfPayMRI.com delivery model and cost (FREE!).
Last night we launched the new search method for SelfPayMRI.com!
SelfPayMRI.com now offers instant pricing results for any patient request. No waiting, no forms to complete, no membership requirements – submit the request and see what options are in your local area.
We don’t show the patient detailed facility information nor do we notify listing facilities until the patient form is completed and a small partial payment is made. This partial payment will be deducted from the pricing on the blind results.
Once the patient accesses these detailed results, facilities have the option to lower their price. Notification emails to patients after a lower price submission does not change. Also, nothing has changed after the patient selects the facility, designates the preferred appointment times, and submits the request to the facility.
We hope everyone likes the new search method!
