Spending 10-20% of you monthly income on on a single test does not seem like a good deal at all.

1. Government hospitals offer MRI scams at free or heavily subsidized prices to everyone. Going to a private clinic is optional

2. You typically don't need MRI scams all that often

Edit: replied to completely wrong comment. Below was supposed to go to one comment above.

Government rate is $120 per imaging session, with standard 1/3 deductible. Minimum wage in Tokyo at this moment is $1336, so more like 3-5% after additional diagnosis and fees.

I wonder how they do this.

Just the scanner install, service contract and chilling is 6 figures, and the staffing is a significant sum. Maybe the throughout is very high (scan quality low)?

Labor is cheap in india Doing low average 10 of day test is between 15-90 min, 30.000 p/m. Justifies the machine cost. Assuming weekends are open.

You wont pay many bills with 10 MRs a day even if your staff are cheap. They must be doing 50ish. And I have questions about the quality of the protocol and the resolution of the scans.

Not sure you are aware of low income, low rent countries dynamics.

I’m not.

It’s more that I’m aware of MR equipment costs, and I can’t see the equipment being discounted.

You can get them for 300-500k in dollars on indiamart.

Salary of medical assistent around 3 dollars per hour.

A few k per month would definitely make the purchase worthwhile.

That is very cheap. The room build is another large cost, but labour is a large part of that cost where I am.

The image quality is going to be unlike what you get from a higher spec machine, but does that matter most the time?

A crappy picture can be diagnostic.

Do you know the model or make of what they are using? I’d be interested to see what they are like.

I struggle with the idea that 10 MRs a day would support a business anywhere, so seeing numbers is really interesting.

Rent in India is pretty cheap. Even for residential apartments, rental yield in Delhi is not more than 2%.