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Common questions facilities ask before renting a mobile MRI — rental terms, pricing, equipment, site requirements, delivery, staffing, and support.
A mobile MRI scanner is a fully self-contained, custom-built MRI imaging suite housed inside a specialized trailer. It is engineered to do everything a permanent in-house MRI suite can do — high-field imaging, full PACS integration, applications training for staff — but delivered on wheels to your facility. Each trailer is climate-controlled, magnetically and RF shielded, and designed to operate in any climate or location.
Renting avoids major upfront capital expenditures and lengthy construction timelines (which typically take months for an in-house suite). It is treated as an operational expense rather than a capital expense, letting your facility scale imaging services up or down based on patient demand, and easily upgrade to newer technology at the end of the term without managing depreciating assets.
A mobile MRI rental is an ideal solution for several key clinical scenarios: 1) Maintaining patient scan continuity during an in-house system upgrade or facility renovation. 2) Managing temporary patient volume backlogs and overflow. 3) Testing regional market demand and patient demographics before investing significant capital in building permanent in-house suites. 4) Providing transitional imaging services during new hospital construction phases.
We offer highly flexible rental terms to support your facility's goals. You can secure short-term swing lab rentals (1 to 3 months) during system upgrades, mid-term agreements (3 to 12 months) for transitional volume management, or long-term leases (12+ months) for the most cost-effective monthly rates.
On average, renting a mobile MRI scanner costs between $25,000 and $60,000 per month [1]. This rate varies based on the system manufacturer (Siemens, GE, Philips), magnet strength (1.5T vs. 3T), software configurations, your geographical location, and your total lease term duration [1].
Our monthly rental rates cover a comprehensive turnkey service solution. This includes full-coverage mechanical maintenance, parts, cold-head monitoring, complete RF coil coverage, 24/7 technical phone support, and initial applications training to ensure your staff is fully comfortable operating the mobile scanner [1, 2].
Yes, transportation, setup, and final de-installation involve separate one-time logistics fees (typically $3,000 to $8,000 each) [1]. This covers transport, professional leveling, system calibration, and ultimate removal of the trailer.
Your facility needs three main elements: 1) A level, structurally sound concrete pad capable of supporting the trailer weight. 2) A dedicated 480V, 150-amp electrical power disconnect box. 3) Clear, unobstructed vehicle access for delivery and maneuvering of the 48-foot trailer.
Most standard mobile MRI trailers require a dedicated 480-volt, 3-phase, 150-amp electrical hookup operating at 60 Hz. The facility must provide a weather-proof disconnect box within 30 to 50 feet of where the trailer's landing jacks will sit.
If your facility cannot provide dedicated 480V, 3-phase power, we can configure the mobile trailer to run on a certified, highly quiet industrial diesel generator positioned adjacent to the pad.
The trailer must park on a completely level concrete pad, a minimum of 6 inches thick, designed to handle point loads of up to 60,000 lbs. Asphalt is not recommended because the heavy trailer landing jacks can sink and settle over time, throwing the magnet out of alignment.
A standard mobile MRI trailer is approximately 8.5 feet wide, 13.5 feet high, and 48 feet long (excluding the truck tractor). A fully configured trailer including the 1.5T magnet and helium cooling systems weighs between 55,000 and 60,000 lbs.
Once the lease agreement is finalized and your site preparation (concrete pad and electrical disconnect hookup) is verified, delivery typically occurs within 5 to 10 business days depending on system availability and distance from our closest hub.
We highly recommend reserving your mobile MRI unit 4 to 8 weeks in advance of your desired clinical start date. This guarantees system availability, allows time for transport logistics scheduling, and gives your engineering team enough time to complete concrete pad pouring and electrical disconnect installation.
Our experienced team handles the entire turnkey process. We manage transportation via heavy-duty trucks, position and level the trailer on your concrete pad, complete the electrical system hookup, run system calibrations, and safely de-install and remove the trailer at the end of your contract term.
Yes, absolutely. We assign a dedicated transition coordinator who provides standard trailer dimensional drawings, pad loading specifications, electrical disconnect parameters, and works closely with your facilities manager to ensure everything is perfectly ready before delivery day.
Normally, the renting facility provides their own ARRT-certified MRI technologist. If your facility is facing a temporary staffing shortage, we can assist by referring you to certified local temporary staffing networks to keep your imaging throughput uninterrupted.
Yes. We include on-site or remote applications training for your MRI technologists during setup. Our certified applications specialists will ensure your team is fully comfortable with the scanner interface, specific coil selections, patient safety, and imaging protocols.
We provide a reliable, industry-standard 95% to 98% uptime guarantee on our mobile MRI 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 MRI programs are fully turnkey, meaning all routine preventative maintenance, emergency service, parts, labor, travel, and complete RF coil coverage are 100% included in your monthly rental fee. There are absolutely no surprise maintenance bills.
We handle all liquid helium refills and regular cold head service under our comprehensive turnkey maintenance agreements. Our monitoring systems track cryogen levels and magnet health remotely 24/7 to schedule servicing proactively and prevent system shutdowns.
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, absolutely. All of our mobile MRI 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 MRI scanners utilize the exact same high-throughput clinical gantries and rapid reconstruction engines found in fixed installations. Our systems can easily handle 20+ patient scans per day, depending on your facility's staffing and workflow efficiency.
Our mobile MRI units are fully compliant and designed to easily meet ACR (American College of Radiology) accreditation, Joint Commission standards, and local state radiation control regulations. We provide all the necessary system calibration records, phantom scan datasets, and maintenance logs to support your audits.
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.
