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The radiologist is a specialized medical doctor. They are not cheap. My neighbor is one, and she makes a considerable amount of money. They’re not technicians,
by fnordpiglet 3y ago
The radiologist is a specialized medical doctor. They are not cheap. My neighbor is one, and she makes a considerable amount of money. They’re not technicians, and good ones command more than most surgeons.
- iancmceachern 3y agoYes, but they can sit at a screen and analyze this stuff all day. It's not like a surgury where you have 3 or 4 OR staff and dozens of support staff to account for who all have to be on site and scrubbed in, etc.
- squeaky-clean 3y agoThere's a reason the body scan is $2500 and a simple surgery with anaesthesia starts at like $15000 before insurance.
- iancmceachern 3y agoExactly the point I've been trying to make, thank you
- squeaky-clean 3y agoThat still doesn't mean radiologists aren't the main cost of a scan. Just that it doesn't cost as much as a team of 10.
- iancmceachern 3y agoTrue, was never trying to make the first point
- squeaky-clean 3y agoThat's the point of the comment thread were in. If you weren't trying to make that point, I don't get the relevance to the thread.