Texas Truck Wreck Attorney Blog

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a special test that produces very clear, detailed pictures of the organs and structures in your body. The test uses a powerful magnetic field, radio waves, and a computer to create images in cross-section.

While an x-ray is very good at showing bones, an MRI lets your health care provider see structures made of soft tissue such as ligaments and cartilage and organs such as your eyes, brain, and heart. Health care providers use MRI to see problems in the brain and spinal cord. It can be used to examine joints and soft tissue.

Injuries show up well on an MRI. For example, an MRI may show whether you have torn ligaments or torn cartilage in your knee and help your health care provider decide whether or not you need surgery. It is also useful for injuries involving the shoulder, back, or neck
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While it is difficult to pinpoint the exact cost of an MRI estimates place it at anywhere from $300 to $3500 dollars depending in part on your copay and other factors.

Should you be brought to an emergency room as a result of a vehicle collision you are not in a position to bargain with the doctor - where as those who are informed in advance of the medical procedure can shop around for the best price.

Remember, this is only one of the many medical resources that may be employed - it is unpleasant at best although perhaps life saving.

Many clients who have been in a truck accident go to the emergency room and get extensive x-rays and learn they have no broken bones, some follow the doctors advise and go to therapy only to continue to have back or neck problems. It is then many doctors order an MRI for the first time and learn of serious injury that was not diagnosed in the emergency room.

My advice - if you have been in a car or 18-wheeler accident and have neck or back issues that are not going away- talk to your doctor about getting an MRI you may be very glad you did.