Scanxiety

Informal term for the anxiety experienced while waiting for medical imaging results. On ProcedureFinder, Scanxiety appears in the Full-Body MRI Screening cost guide. No randomized controlled trial has demonstrated that whole-body MRI screening reduces all-cause mortality or cancer-specific mortality in asymptomatic adults.

Full-Body MRI Screening costs $999 to $4,500 per scan, one-time nationally, with a median of $2,499 in ProcedureFinder's cash-pay benchmarks. A non-contrast MRI scan of the entire body to screen for cancers and other conditions in asymptomatic adults, costing $1,000 to $4,500 typically.