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cheap place for an MRI scan around Brussels

Question

I don't have sickness insurance here. Need to pay for this from my pocket. Need to make an MRI scan ASAP, in and around Brussels (50 km radius)

Where can have it done very cheap, without having to wait too long?

WSP

BTW, Found so far, for this MRI(cervico-dorsal):
-Leuven UZL Gasthuisberg , waiting until Jan,
-St.Michels, 3 weeks waiting cost 200 euro,
- St.Elisabeth , 2 weeks waiting.

Sep 16, 2014 22:02
J

Raises a few issues, none of which I think will help, but her goes anyway...

You cannot be here legally unless you have "sickness insurance". It is compulsory. If you see a mutuelle and sign up, I think that is backdated to the date you started working or being resident. If you forgot to do it or were not aware that you had to do it, do it now.

If you are not entitled to Belgian health coverage, go back to your home country and get medical treatment there.

Sep 16, 2014 23:18
WSP

I am visiting and not a resident. I cannot go to home country right now but I need diagnosis. Going back to home country is not the answer I am looking for. Back to original question, having no insurance locally, anybody knows where MRI scan cost is cheaper here?

Sep 16, 2014 23:45
J

"We have basic insurance with euromut", says "WSP" last summer.

What happened?

http://www.xpats.com/dental-braces-13-year-old-boy

Sep 17, 2014 00:04
jbmac

don't think you'll find cheaper than 200 euros as that is the "ongoing" rate in Belgium, I would say, since prices of MRI are standard across Belgium, or at least that's what my doctor explained to me. Maybe it might be 10-20 euros cheaper depending on the MRI, but you're not going to find a place that does an MRI for 50 euros, for example.

Sep 17, 2014 05:54
WSP

Thanks JBMAC,
it was quite helpful!

J, I am Belgian by the way. So this is my home country. I don't have go in detail to get some view on a specific issue. Could you stop nagging me ?

Sep 17, 2014 06:56
scm74

Baron Lambert clinic in Etterbeek has a smaller MRI machine able to scan only certain parts of the body. Price is around 160EUR. Contact them directly for further details and whether they can do the type of scan you require. Waiting times are very short!!

All the best,

Sep 18, 2014 22:32