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Common questions facilities ask before renting a mobile CT — rental terms, pricing, equipment, site requirements, delivery, staffing, and support.
Cost and timeline. A fixed CT install typically requires several hundred thousand to over a million dollars in capital between the scanner, the shielded room buildout, electrical and HVAC modifications, and the medical physicist’s commissioning. Construction timelines run 8 to 16 weeks even on a refurbished install. A mobile CT rental delivers full diagnostic capability — the same scanner platforms found in fixed installations — without the upfront capital, without the construction, and on a timeline measured in days. You shift from capital expense to operating expense, you scale up or down based on demand, and you upgrade technology when your rental ends without selling off a depreciating asset.
A mobile CT rental is the ideal solution for several key scenarios: 1) Mitigating patient imaging downtime during in-house equipment replacements or facility renovations. 2) Managing temporary patient volume surges or backlogs. 3) Testing new regional markets and patient demographics before investing significant capital in building modifications. 4) Providing emergency or temporary oncology and trauma imaging capabilities during clinical expansion phases.
Our rental programs are highly flexible to match your needs. You can rent a mobile CT on a short-term basis (1 to 3 months) during system upgrades, a mid-term basis (3 to 12 months) to handle transient patient backlogs, or long-term leases (12+ months) to secure the most budget-friendly monthly rates.
On average, standard mobile CT rentals range from $18,000 to $35,000 per month. The actual rate is determined by the manufacturer, system age, slice count configuration (e.g., 16-slice vs. 64-slice), and the total duration of your rental commitment.
Our monthly rates cover a comprehensive, turnkey service solution. This includes full-coverage mechanical maintenance, parts, glassware (X-ray tubes), 24/7 technical support, and initial applications training to ensure your staff is fully comfortable operating the mobile scanner.
Yes, transportation, setup, and final de-installation involve separate one-time logistics fees (typically $3,000 to $8,000 each depending on distance). This covers transport, professional leveling, system calibration, and ultimate removal of the trailer.
A mobile CT trailer requires a dedicated 480-volt, 3-phase, 150-amp electrical hookup operating at 60 Hz. The facility must provide a weather-sealed external disconnect box within 30 to 50 feet of the trailer pad, or connect the system to a certified heavy-duty generator.
The site must feature a level concrete pad, a minimum of 6 inches thick, designed to handle heavy structural loading. A standard mobile CT trailer with its gantry can weigh up to 60,000 lbs. Asphalt is generally not recommended because it softens under summer temperatures, which can cause the trailer jacks to settle and misalign the scanner.
Yes, a standard mobile trailer is 8.5 feet wide by 48 feet long. However, you must plan for additional clearances: at least 6 feet of clear space on the passenger side for the hydraulic patient lift, slide-out extensions, and clear technician access paths around the perimeter.
The mobile CT scanner is housed inside a heavy-duty highway trailer. It is transported to your site using a heavy-duty semi-tractor (truck) driven by licensed medical-equipment transportation specialists who handle transport and leveling security.
The setup and testing process typically takes 1 to 2 days once the trailer has been positioned on your concrete pad. This includes connecting the electrical lines, performing initial system boots, verifying thermal calibrations, and running physicist validation scans.
The customer is responsible for ensuring clear and unobstructed access to the concrete pad, coordinating with a certified electrician to complete the hookup to your disconnect box, and securing any local municipal permits required for mobile medical structures.
Most trailers are equipped with a heavy-duty hydraulic patient lift for wheelchair/stretcher access, alongside standard safety stairs. Many facilities build a temporary, weather-sealed covered vestibule connecting the trailer doorway directly to the main building entrance to maximize comfort.
Typically, the renting facility provides their own certified CT technologist to perform the daily patient scans. However, if your facility is experiencing temporary staffing shortages, we can assist with staffing coordination, referrals, or connect you with qualified local temporary technologists.
Yes. We include on-site or remote applications training for your CT technologists during the trailer setup phase. Our certified applications specialists will ensure your team is fully comfortable with the scanner's user interface, scanning protocols, contrast injector settings, and trailer safety systems before you scan your first patient.
We provide a reliable, industry-standard 95% to 98% uptime guarantee on our mobile CT rental fleet. In the rare event that the system faces unplanned clinical downtime, we credit your monthly rental rate proportionally or immediately mobilize our local certified field service engineers.
Our mobile CT programs are fully turnkey, meaning all routine preventative maintenance, emergency service, parts, labor, travel, and complete X-ray tube (glassware) coverage are 100% included in your monthly rental fee. There are absolutely no surprise maintenance bills.
We provide 24/7 technical phone support. If our remote diagnostics team is unable to resolve the error code over the phone or network, we will dispatch a certified field service engineer with the necessary replacement parts immediately to your site.
Yes. Once the mobile trailer has been leveled, powered up, and configured on your site, a certified medical physicist must perform a radiation safety and clinical image quality inspection to approve the setup before any patient can be scanned.
Mobile CT units must comply with your specific state's Department of Health or Radiation Control guidelines. This typically involves registering the temporary unit on your facility's license and submitting the physicist's inspection report before scanning patient.
Our mobile CT units are fully compliant and designed to easily meet ACR (American College of Radiology) accreditation and Joint Commission standards. We provide all the system calibration records, phantom scan datasets, and maintenance logs to support your audits.
Yes, absolutely. All of our mobile CT trailers are equipped with standard DICOM export capabilities, allowing seamless integration with your hospital or clinic's PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) and RIS. Our setup team will configure the network routing during the on-site calibration.
Yes, mobile CT scanners utilize the exact same high-throughput clinical gantries and rapid reconstruction engines found in fixed installations. Our systems can easily handle 30+ patient scans per day, depending on your facility's staffing and workflow efficiency.
Our mobile trailers are designed with patient comfort in mind. They feature full climate-controlled HVAC systems, adjustable lighting, soothing interior designs, a wide-opening hydraulic patient lift for wheel-chairs and stretchers, and sturdy safety stairs.
Intel Imaging stands apart by offering a modern, meticulously maintained fleet of scanners backed by an industry-leading uptime guarantee. We provide a complete turnkey solution—handling all transport, mechanical service, X-ray tube coverage, physicist calibration, and professional applications training—at highly flexible, competitive monthly rates.
Getting started is simple. Contact our team with your desired clinical timeline and site location. Our project managers will guide you through pad requirements, power checks, system selection, and deliver a comprehensive custom rental quote with no obligation.
Tell us your timeline and site, and we'll build a custom rental quote with no obligation.
