Tomography
(asked on 16th July 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many MRI scans have to be repeated because of errors made in the initial scan each year; and what the cost to the NHS is of each MRI scan performed.
Data on the number of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans that have had to be repeated due to errors made in the initial scan is not held centrally. The following table shows the cost of MRI scans in the National Health Service broken down by Healthcare Resource Group (HRG) code and name, for 2025/26:
HRG code | HRG name | Price, including cost of reporting | Cost of reporting |
RD01A | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan of One Area, without Contrast, 19 years and over | £130 | £26 |
RD01B | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan of One Area, without Contrast, between 6 and 18 years | £218 | £26 |
RD01C | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan of One Area, without Contrast, 5 years and under | £311 | £26 |
RD02A | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan of One Area, with Post-Contrast Only, 19 years and over | £189 | £26 |
RD02B | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan of One Area, with Post-Contrast Only, between 6 and 18 years | £331 | £26 |
RD02C | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan of One Area, with Post-Contrast Only, 5 years and under | £473 | £26 |
RD03Z | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan of One Area, with Pre- and Post-Contrast | £199 | £26 |
RD04Z | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan of Two or Three Areas, without Contrast | £156 | £26 |
RD05Z | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan of Two or Three Areas, with Contrast | £224 | £35 |
RD06Z | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan of more than Three Areas | £224 | £35 |
RD07Z | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan Requiring Extensive Patient Repositioning | £263 | £35 |
RD08Z | Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan without Contrast | £450 | £26 |
RD09Z | Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan with Post-Contrast Only | £499 | £26 |
RD10Z | Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan with Pre- and Post-Contrast | £643 | £26 |
Source: the 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme, available at the following link under the ‘25/26 pay award prices’ section:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/2025-26-nhs-payment-scheme/