Most hospitals and medical facilities that choose to rent mobile CT scanners than purchase this medical imaging equipment do so because of the upfront cost. As of this writing, the cost of new ct scanners greatly varies between $285,000 and $2.1 million.
Hospitals and medical facilities that offer training often need to rent a mobile CT scanner, so their own imaging equipment is not tied up to their education course. Usually, they opt for a long-term lease (a minimum of one year) to enjoy a huge discount.
Newly established medical facilities may want to conduct a “trial run” before they purchase their own [fixed] CT scan, which of course, involves a considerable investment that can reach millions of dollars. Once they can establish sustainable foot traffic–i.e., enough patients who need this imaging procedure–they may proceed to buy their own scanner.
On the other hand, if the trial run shows that the number of patients every month fluctuates significantly, they may want to stick to the leasing arrangement at least for the meantime.
If the hospital’s current CT suite is under maintenance or renovation, they need to rent this mobile CT scan to continue providing this imaging procedure that is commonly used in detecting injuries, abnormal growth, and damage in bones, blood vessels, and internal organs.
Some medical facilities experience a sudden spike of backlogs that affect the quality of patient care. Hence, hospitals rent CT scanners from time to time to make sure that they can keep up with the demand.
Some hospital networks prefer to rent mobile CT scanners than to equip each site with its own CT suite to save money. This is ideal if not every medical facility site receives enough foot traffic to justify buying an expensive imaging equipment.
When partnering with hospital networks, a mobile CT rental can have its trailer run a route and then stop at each site for a couple of days.
Having a fixed CT suite is a huge investment that can reach millions of dollars. For this reason, small hospitals and medical facilities opt for a long-term lease to preserve their working capital and cash flow.
Leasing laboratory equipment is usually ideal for medical facilities that need to reinvest more capital into the core operations of their business.
(Note: Medical machinery is generally hard to resell, which further makes it ideal to lease it than purchase one if the medical facility needs to improve their working capital.)
In the past, people from small towns needed to travel long distances just to undergo CT scans from city hospitals. But with the advent of mobile CT scanners, patients will simply need to go to their local hospitals to receive this imaging procedure.
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