Drove 2.5 hours from Savannah for two MRI appointments that were booked at a location that does not…read morehave the equipment I specifically required. Repeated misinformation from call center scheduling staff, confirmed appointments ignored, with no resolution except another booking on a different date for another 2.5 hour drive each way.
The imaging technician at this location was professional and courteous -- this review is about everything else.
After a 30-minute call full of contradictory information from call center employees, I was booked for two upright MRI appointments at the Gate Parkway location and drove 2.5 hours from Savannah, GA to attend them. On arrival, I learned the Gate Parkway location does not have an upright MRI -- the specific equipment I had explicitly requested and been confirmed for. The resolution was to rebook me for a later date, meaning two round trips of 100+ miles each way for a single appointment.
The scheduling failures, in sequence:
Doctors in Savannah, GA, sent scripts for two MRI examinations -- one of the cervical spine and one of the right shoulder. When I called to book, the representatives could not locate the scripts, then found one, then claimed they found two but that both were duplicates until the realized the scripts were distinct. This consumed the first portion of a 30-minute call.
I made one requirement explicit throughout: both MRIs had to be in an upright machine, as pain prevents me from lying motionless in a horizontal unit. I was first told neither the Gate Parkway nor the Mandarin locations had an upright MRI. When I said I would cancel, I was then told Gate Parkway did have a UPRIGHT MRI. I was then told back-to-back same-day appointments were impossible -- only to be told they were possible, and they were booked.
At this point of my exchange with the call center employees, we have four contradictory answers regarding equipment availability and four more regarding scheduling. You may wonder, why didn't I call locations directly and avoid the call center fiasco. I did. My calls were rerouted to the call center.
Following the booking, I completed all required pre-appointment steps: uploaded my ID and insurance cards, filled out the intake forms, and confirmed both appointments. Despite this, I received daily text messages prompting me to book and confirm appointments I had already made and to upload documents that were already uploaded.
A technician came to retrieve me twenty minutes after my appointment time. When I mentioned I had driven 2.5 hours from Savannah specifically for an upright MRI, the technician -- relatively new and unable to speak to the matter authoritatively -- confirmed the Gate Parkway location does not have an upright machine.
Staff at the front desk were apologetic but unable to resolve the situation. An attempt was made to redirect me to the Mandarin location that same day; it was closed.
The outcome: a wasted trip and a rebooked appointment, requiring a second 100+ mile drive in pain at a future date.
Management must be aware of this call center problem. It's their business, and culpability is with management.
June 2026
