A Variety of MRI Choices. Effective January 1, 2013, the partnership between Shields Health Care Group and Lowell General Hospital has expanded to include MRI services located at Lowell General Hospital’s Saints Campus. The Saints Campus, located in Lowell, is a 157-bed licensed medical center with nearly 400 affiliated physicians and 1,200 employees. The addition … Continued
Shields and NEBH partner to open advanced health center. The New England Baptist Outpatient Care Center in partnership with Shields Health Care Group is a brand new, state-of-the-art center, located at 40 Allied Drive in Dedham. Conveniently located on the Dedham/Westwood line along Route 128, the outpatient care center will combine the nationally recognized care … Continued
High Quality, Low Cost MRI Services. Today, Winchester Hospital and Shields Health Care Group announced that they are partnering to provide the highest quality MRI services for an exceptional value at the brand new Winchester Hospital Outpatient Center at 200 Unicorn Park in Woburn. The state-of-the-art MRI suite features two new, wide-open bore MRI scanners … Continued
Kaiser Health News Massachusetts is launching a sweeping plan to hold down health care costs. A new law is partly designed to get patients to help drive down prices by shopping for medical care. WBUR.org Reporter, Martha Bebinger, recounts her story of price shopping (or the difficulty of doing so) for an MRI where she … Continued
WBUR.org If you’ve ever looked into the cost of an MRI or some other health care test, you know there’s a big range. And now that people are paying more and more of the cost of their care, many people are asking why health care prices vary so much. This summer, Martha Bebinger needed an … Continued
You have a choice: MRI costs and services are not all equal. Shields provides high-value imaging. As noted in a recent feature from Boston.com and WCVB, prices can vary widely in healthcare costs. The lesson learned? Get educated on costs and find high-value alternatives whenever possible. For example, Shields is an independent MRI provider – … Continued