Insurance & Private Pay

If you do not know your insurance coverage policy, please contact your insurance carrier to find out if service at TRA Medical Imaging is within your plan description.

Click here to find out which insurance plans we accept. TRA Medical Imaging and all affiliated departments and services have preferred provider status with Premera Blue Cross and Premera Health Plus.

If you have no insurance, you may pay privately. A sliding fee scale is available for our patients who meet eligibility criteria. In some cases there will be no fees applied for services received. In any circumstance, please do not delay your exam or procedure because you are concerned about payment. Talk to us!

Discounts are available to private payers.
Learn more about our private pay policy.

Payment Terms

TRA Medical Imaging accepts all patients and bills most insurance plans including Medicare and Medicaid. When you present your current insurance card or complete insurance information, TRA Medical Imaging will bill your insurance carrier. If your insurance card is not presented at the time of service, your bill will be mailed to you.

Your financial responsibility for your examination or procedure will depend on the type of insurance plan you have and the individual contract TRA Medical Imaging has with your insurance company. If you have questions about your insurance benefits (coverage), you should contact your insurance carrier directly. Please understand that billing does not guarantee eligibility or payment. Patients are responsible for all co-payments and deductibles.

Payment for all screening examinations with the exception of mammography is required at the time of service. Screening mammography is an exception and is a covered benefit of most insurance including Medicare. Cash, check and major credit cards are accepted.

What Insurance Covers

In general, diagnostic examinations and interventional procedures are a benefit of most insurance plans with a referral from a physician. Examinations like MRI, CT, PET/CT, Nuclear Medicine, or special procedures like an image-guided biopsy usually require prior authorization by your insurance carrier, and your carrier may impose specific diagnostic criteria for you to be eligible for those benefits.

At the time of your appointment, you may be asked to sign a waiver agreement to assume personal responsibility for the total cost of your exam or procedure in the event that insurance coverage is denied. In general, screening examinations, like CT health screening are not covered by insurance plans.

What Your Statement Will Look Like

If your examination or procedure was provided in a TRA affiliated outpatient location, the professional and technical components of these services are billed in a single statement. Radiology services provided in hospital based locations are billed in separate statements, one from TRA for the professional interpretation, and one from the hospital for the technical performance of the examination or procedure. When sedation, pathology and / or other services (to include those of your referring provider) are rendered, additional billings should be expected.