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Should you have to pay for MRI results?

  • 28-09-2021 2:49pm
    #1
    CandyButcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 116 ✭✭


    Quick one,

    paid for initial consultation to see doctor - sent me to have MRI - results sent back to doctor (now she wants €40 review fee) to tell me the results even if it is just (yeah your all clear, that is all).

    I have never heard of this regarding the same ailment I have heard of others getting their results over the phone weather its good or bad news



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  • #2
    Effects
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭Effects


    It's a repeat visit. I'd have though most doctors would charge for it.

    You could ask for results over the phone and see how you get on.



  • #3
    CandyButcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 116 ✭✭CandyButcher


    I did just that, and still the charge stands and to my surprise its €50

    This is shocking especially if she tells me , all clear your good to go!

    theres nothing I can do she has me at ransom for my results. Im just wondering is this out of the ordinary?

    my misses and her mother has had results over the phone in a short phone call



  • #4
    Effects
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭Effects


    Maybe think about switching doctor after this in that case.



  • #5
    Strumms
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,215 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    40 euros is cheap...

    a regular consultation with a GP is around 60 euros...

    doesn't matter if it’s to only to impart test results... you are still taking their time and they are still working for you...



  • #6
    airy fairy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,219 ✭✭✭airy fairy


    If I've had tests like this, my GP would text if clear results, or ring with results and treatment if something noticed. Never paid for same.

    If you're being charged for a regular gp to ring you with results then I'd be finding another doctor tbh.



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  • #7
    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,633 ✭✭✭TheBody


    My GP charges €60 every time you call. Be that for a repeat prescription call to the secretary, a follow up to get blood taken by the nurse, a call back if the prescribed medication does not work.

    I’d change only no other GP is taking on new patients in my area.



  • #8
    Fionne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 392 ✭✭Fionne


    I had to pay €40 to get MRI results from my GP too, it's €20 to ask for a repeat prescription. This whole malarkey of not seeing patients is wearing thin, I spend hours waiting for a GP to call me back and then can't get a word in edgewise when he's on the phone as he's rushing to get the call over with. I wish I could sit in front of an actual human being and discuss my medical problems, not have to divulge them to the receptionist first and then get a hurried 2minute call by the GP.



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