Metro Imaging, a radiology practice based out of Creve Coeur, Missouri, founded in 1994, often advertised the fact that it provided much more affordable imaging services than hospitals in the area. Now that it has been acquired by Mercy, a large healthcare system with hospitals throughout the Midwest, could those prices be changing?
According to a new report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a Mercy executive has promised it will not be raising Metro Imaging’s prices.
“We want to maintain that model and learn from it,” Jeff Johnston, Mercy’s regional president, said in a statement to the newspaper.
Harley Hammerman, MD, Metro Imaging’s president, was also quoted in the article, saying Mercy “shares our passion for putting patients first.”
Click below to read the full story from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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