A enterprise with a Dayton-area presence for greater than 1 / 4 century is popping to a different suburb for its new high-field MRI facility.
Precision Diagnostic Imaging (PDI) Dayton opened Tuesday at 5692 Far Hills Ave. in Washington Twp., providing a full vary of MRI expertise to accommodate each sufferers and referring physicians.
PDI Dayton in 2009 purchased the Dayton Open MRI location at 2591 Miamisburg Centerville Highway in Miami Twp., which had been working on the web site since 1996, in accordance with space supervisor Michael Dean.
That location on the nook of 725 and Mad River Highway, which Dean known as “a landmark of the Dayton neighborhood,” was broken in a flood final December when pipes burst on the power’s third flooring.
“It was fairly the fiasco,” he stated. “The open MRI is within the basement, so the entire water got here all the way down to us and … it was nearly as much as my kneecaps. The entire constructing received condemned and all the things was broken. We’re hoping to repair the magnet, however that received’t occur till subsequent 12 months.”
Within the meantime, the enterprise launched a cellular MRI, which helped it proceed to see sufferers till the brand new Washington Twp. location may open this week.
Dean stated PDI knew it wanted to get a brand new brick-and-mortar MRI heart. Within the Far Hills location, it discovered a spot beforehand occupied by Kettering Mind & Backbone, one which already had an MRI there.
“That was nearly like a turnkey operation the place the MRI suite was already constructed out, so all we needed to do is drop a magnet in there and get it connected and correctly calibrated to begin working,” he stated. “It was very helpful. It made it transfer so much quicker, as a result of in any other case we might have needed to construct an MRI suite and protect it.”
PDI, which is non-physician owned and unbiased, was based in 2004 by CEO and proprietor Jack Cornell. Moreover Washington Twp., it has 5 places within the Cleveland metropolitan space and one in Toledo. Cornell stated it prides itself on providing “essentially the most inexpensive MRI service within the Miami Valley.”
An MRI prices $375 and features a radiologist report, Dean stated. A scan with distinction prices $475, he stated.
Main well being community have sufferers pay for the radiologist report and MRI pictures, with payments that may vary from someplace between $1,100 to $2,500 for normal MRIs and as a lot as $3,000 for these with distinction, Dean stated.
As well as, PDI affords world billing, “so while you pay the invoice with us, that’s one invoice and also you’re achieved,” Dean stated.
Additionally, PDI’s tax ID is Medicare-approved and it’s in-network with all of the business insurances, Dean stated.
“So our goodwill checklist, we take all the key well being insurances, after which the typical contracted price with all of the business insurances like Anthem, Signa, Medical Mutual, Aetna, is correct round $400, and that’s the entire value,” Dean stated.
