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So two things:
1) 3500 is the charge to insurance and it is a fake cost. Insurance will probably pay 700-900 bucks for it. That’s probably close to the “cash pay” price they would quote you if you told them you didn’t have insurance.
2) that cost includes the MRI machine which is probably about 1.5m to acquire and install. Consider the commercial real estate cost to rent the space. Consider IT infrastructure costs. Probably the biggest variable is labor costs including the receptionist, MRI technologist, and radiologist. Everything basically needs to pass muster when it comes to ACR accreditation.
It’s good to shop around in the US, but cheaper is not necessarily the best. The imaging center may run abbreviated MRI sequences, may have older equipment, or have less comprehensive radiologists.
If you go to a country where labor is cheaper it will certainly be cheaper.
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