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

Have you ever owned a car? Was it free to operate it after you bought it? Or did it cost money to operate the machine in the form of gasoline, insurance, maintenance, etc.?