CT scans are actually fairly cheap, as far as medicinal imaging goes, unless you need to acquire a ton of slices really quickly (e.g., to image the heart). The

CT scans are actually fairly cheap, as far as medicinal imaging goes, unless you need to acquire a ton of slices really quickly (e.g., to image the heart). The 256 slice ones can run into the millions, but you can get a used 8 slice machine for ~five figures, and there aren’t a lot of consumables. An MRI machine will easily run into the millions ($4M or so for a 3T, much more for the newer high field ones), and you need a steady supply of cryogens to keep the magnet cold.