You get to watch a dvd of your choice while getting your MRI, so while I've never really had a bad MRI experience, this was definitely better than the two previous places that I've gotten MRIs at. The lady who did everything was friendly and informative and the place was clean and easy to find. Can't think of anything else that I could ask for from a radiologist.
One thing that I'm a little concerned about, although it could be nothing -- I was told over the phone when I scheduled my MRI that I'd be billed as if they were in network for my insurance, even though they are out of network. At first the girl said that they were out of network so I'd be paying X amount for my out of network deductible. I was like, "in that case, I really don't need to find out how effed my back is that bad...". I could always find an in network radiologist, I was just using them because my chiro sent me to them. She then said in that case, she could do some magic and I'd be billed like they were in network. Sounded good to me. I recently got a statement from my insurance that showed they were out of network and I should be receiving a bill for the out of network deductible amount. Since I haven't received the bill yet, I'll hold off on being pissed. I was kind of retarded and didn't get anything that I could use as a record for that phone conversation I had when scheduling my appointment (should have at least asked for her name), so I could be screwed, but I'm hoping they'll honor what I was told. If not, that 5 star's getting dropped right down to a 1 for sure.
Update: So, as I feared, I got their bill and it was for the out of network amount, which is twice what it'd be if they were in network. I'm only docking 1 star right now because when I called to complain the lady remembered me and said that there had been some situation where she thought she could get me the in network amount, but the insurance provider had declined it or something. Another lady is supposed to be calling me to sort it out, but I'm hoping they honor the amount that they told me up front... they can't not do that, right? She can't get me to agree to come to them by telling me I'll be paying one thing and then charging me another. I'm just stoked she remembered, because I was thinking she'd just deny the whole thing.
Update 2: Bumping this right back up to a 5. Got a call back from them, and after a little haggling they agreed to not only bump the amount down to around what it'd be if they were an in network provider with my insurance, but if I paid right then and there on the phone with a credit card, they'd discount it so that I was actually paying significantly less than the in network cost. STOKED. read more