Why do they say “it costs the hospital to use the machine” when the hospital owns the machine?

Question

It always confused me. A hospital has an MRI or some other machine, and you hear they try to use it as little as possible to cut costs, because it costs them this or that amount per usage. But why would that be if they own it?

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Answer 1

When you buy a bar of soap and use it once it’s such a small change, you don’t even notice it. But over time, you will wear it down until it needs to be replaced. Equipment use is the same. Over time, you wear put components, and they need to be replaced or the entire machine needs to be replaced.