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		adventured on Oct 24, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Towards an inexpensive open-source desktop CT scan... Average radiologist in the US makes roughly $315,000 (Medscape 2011); 1/3 earn over $400,000. In France that would be closer to $100,000 (70k euros) typically.

jonknee on Oct 24, 2013 [–]

The radiology fee is separate from what it costs to be scanned (usually). CTs are pretty cheap though, depending on what you get scanned it's usually $200-500. Not sure what happened with the OP, perhaps it was an ER or something where the prices have little to do with anything based in reality.

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