Hello, i want to do mri scan for my back bone as im been suspected for sciatica. I want to do in private hospital as i have been told by PPUKM to wait for 6 month. How much does it cost to do mri scan in private hospital? Thanks for your reply.

I never worked in Malaysia but SIX MONTHS??? What the hell! Plenty of privates around there but prices dont differ much i was told.
6 months! what the F.
Dont you guys pay tax or something there

This post has been edited by rinsedpie: Mar 21 2018, 08:14 PM

How much is a MRI scan? Having a back pain, last time went to government hospital for scan but they told me that im fine but im pretty sure im not. I need a price range for MRI scan at private so I can prepare for it.

Just call the nearest place you wanna go and ask the price?

Some place is overpriced i think? Try to ask here first so I can get a range of the price.

If want relatively cheaper can try um ukm private wing I guess

few hundred bucks at least

yes, because im a student so the fees will be paid by my university. Just i need to wait around 6 months to get the mri scan.

A friend of mine did mri scan in UMMC before and only requires to wait for 1 week. Costs RM850.

http://www.ummc.edu.my/pesakit/ChargesOutpatient.asp?keyid=

jeeez h christopher! so long ahhh
well, look after your back
if u hv sciatica, then the nerve root is touched by a component of the disc, most likely the bulging annulus; i dont think its the nucleus pulposus yet.. if u get this in your canal, you're done for and u wont just have sciatica.
look after your back; try not to sneeze so hard, treat any cough early
dont twist your back esp when reaching up eg for a shelve
if people call you from the back, dont turn your head around, just turn your whole stance, whole body around and face the guy
no bending over to pick up stuff
if u r a student, meaning that u r young, and already have sciatica (i wonder if its correctly diagnosed), then your lifting days are over
good luck

tag me if u get your mri, im sure its just the annulus bulging

where got so cheap ??.. my aunty scan for few thousands in Sunway..

Wah...those restricted movements applicable only to people with sciatica or what? Healthy people should be able to do what u described with ease....

Different body parts different price I guess?

BTW I did mine in Sunway for 2k at head area

the trick is not to exaggerate the back probs; so any twisting is not great if u already hv sciatica; back twisting with axial weight loading is even worse.
that guy is just a student, meaning he is young.. he has years infront of him, so he will hv more time to damage his back.
its bad to damage your back at any age.. but better to damage it at 50s than at 20s... at 20s, ouch u will hv years and years of pain ahead

I did an MRI scan in Assunta PJ in October 2016

It cost around RM801.50.. I think the procedure would be seeing a specialist at the hospital first before you could do a scan

You can try these two places :

Tung Shin Hospital

Lourdes Medical Centre, small corner hospital at Ipoh Road


Call them for their approximate charges.

Also try checking with Columbia Asia. Their room rates don't seem too high.

https://www.columbiaasia.com/malaysia/hospi...ling-jaya/rates

https://www.facebook.com/columbiaasia/



My aunt, a diabetic, kept falling at home, because the GP
near her house who was treating her overprescribed
medication, dropping her blood sugar too low (below 5).

So I took her to see my schoolmate at Tung Shin, Yap Boon
Hung. Tested her blood glucose, 4.6. So he took her off
glibencamide, asked her to continue metformin.

He ordered a brain scan in case the fall had caused some
small clot, since her legs and one of her arms were weak.

The CAT scan was negative, cost me $ 390.

Their CAT scanner is quite good, 128 slice.

An MRI will cost double that.



https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3503592/


Thailand much cheaper.

" I had a CAT scan done at a hospital in Central Thailand -- perhaps the highest-reputation private hospital in a multi-province area. The cost including doctor's fee was about $50. Even granting a wage differential in the 8:1 ballpark, the difference with OP's price is stunning. "

https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=720178



http://time.com/money/2995166/why-does-mri-cost-so-much/


Why does an MRI that costs $99 to $160 in Japan cost $3000, $4000 or more in the USA? (Both countries manufacture MRI equipment).

https://www.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments...o_160_in_japan/


'' And do you know how much a MRI cost in Japan?

Prof. YEKAGAMI: Hundred and sixty dollars. '

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...oryId=120545569


https://www.investopedia.com/articles/perso...r-countries.asp




This post has been edited by Tham: Apr 8 2018, 04:24 PM

I had an MRI done for my head, late last year at KPJ Ipoh, it was rm800 and another 400 for the analysis by a specialist.

If it costs 3-4 k in the US, the specialist probably got 80% of the money.