Published 26 October 2026. Prices are Medical Outfitters ranges for a system delivered, installed and warrantied, quoted individually for every site, and they are the open-class bands of our MRI machine cost guide as updated on 19 October 2026. Specifications and siting facts were checked against the Fujifilm and Esaote product documentation. Written by the Medical Outfitters sales and field engineering team.
An open MRI machine costs $300,000 to $525,000 refurbished and $600,000 to $950,000 new for a permanent-magnet open system, delivered, installed and warrantied; the 1.2T Fujifilm OASIS Velocity, the only high-field open whole-body MRI sold new, runs $1,225,000 to $1,775,000 as a Fujifilm Certified Pre-Owned unit and $1,600,000 to $2,225,000 new. Dedicated extremity and weight-bearing magnets from Esaote sit below the open band and are quoted per configuration. These are the same bands as our MRI machine cost guide, which covers every field strength; this page takes the open class apart on its own.
An open MRI puts the patient between two horizontal magnet poles instead of inside a tunnel. At 0.2T to 0.4T the magnet is permanent, so there is no helium, no chiller and no quench vent; at 1.2T the OASIS Velocity uses a superconducting vertical-field magnet and brings image quality close to a closed 1.5T. This guide covers what an open MRI machine costs by class, by model and by generation, what moves the price, what a Medical Outfitters quote includes, what the room needs, what it costs to run, how open compares with closed and wide-bore systems on price and image quality, new versus refurbished, the open systems we have installed, the Esaote extremity and weight-bearing systems, and how to choose.
- In this guide: How much does an open MRI machine cost? Prices by class
- Open MRI machine price by model: AIRIS, APERTO, OASIS and Esaote
- Open MRI price by generation and year
- What moves an open MRI price
- What a Medical Outfitters open MRI price includes
- What an open MRI needs in the room
- What it costs to run an open MRI
- Open vs closed vs wide-bore MRI: cost and image quality
- New vs refurbished open MRI
- Open MRI installations by Medical Outfitters
- Extremity and weight-bearing MRI cost: Esaote O-scan, S-scan and G-scan
- How to choose an open MRI
- Frequently asked questions
How Much Does an Open MRI Machine Cost?
Open MRI machine cost is set by the magnet first and the condition second. A permanent magnet at 0.2T to 0.4T is the open class most buyers mean; the 1.2T OASIS Velocity is a superconducting open system priced on its own line; and the Esaote extremity and weight-bearing magnets are a third, smaller class quoted per configuration. The figures are Medical Outfitters ranges for a system delivered, installed and warrantied; a refurbished unit saves 40 to 60 percent against new on the same platform.
| Open MRI type | Refurbished, all-in | New, all-in | Typical buyer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent-magnet open, 0.2T to 0.4T (AIRIS, APERTO) | $300,000 to $525,000 | $600,000 to $950,000 | Orthopedic, chiropractic and pain practices, bariatric and pediatric work, sites that want a single room and no cryogens |
| 1.2T high-field open (Fujifilm OASIS Velocity) | $1,225,000 to $1,775,000, Fujifilm Certified Pre-Owned | $1,600,000 to $2,225,000 | Centers that want open access with image quality close to a closed 1.5T, for general and bariatric work |
| Dedicated extremity and weight-bearing (Esaote O-scan, S-scan, G-scan) | Quoted per configuration; sits below the open band | Sold new by Medical Outfitters as an authorized Esaote dealer | Orthopedic and sports medicine practices that scan joints and the spine only |
Open MRI machine cost by class in 2026, Medical Outfitters all-in ranges, the same open bands as the MRI machine cost guide.
The same question arrives as open MRI machine cost, open MRI cost, open MRI machine price, open MRI scanner cost, cost of open MRI machine, how much is an open MRI machine, how much does an open MRI machine cost, Fujifilm open MRI price and open MRI price, and the table answers all of them. Searches for open MRI for sale and used open MRI for sale land on the refurbished column, where most of the open market buys; our current units are on the used MRI machines for sale page and in the MRI machines category. An open MRI machine quoted without its field strength and condition is not a usable number, and a figure quoted without delivery, installation and a warranty is an equipment-only price, which the quote section converts.
Inside the permanent-magnet band the generation of the platform moves the number more than the brand does: the 2000s Hitachi AIRIS family sits at the bottom, the current Fujifilm AIRIS Vento and APERTO Lucent at the top, and a new unit of either a band higher. The OASIS Velocity is the exception to every open rule of thumb, because it is a high-field superconducting magnet that happens to be open, and it is priced and sited like one.
Open MRI Machine Price by Model (2026): AIRIS, APERTO, OASIS and Esaote
The open MRI machine price list below places every open system we sell or source inside the bands above. Fujifilm systems are sold new by Medical Outfitters as an authorized Fujifilm dealer; the OASIS Velocity CPO is a Fujifilm Certified Pre-Owned unit; the Hitachi-era AIRIS systems and pre-owned Vento and Lucent units are sourced refurbished on request; and the Esaote systems are sold new as an authorized Esaote dealer and quoted per configuration. Every system is quoted individually, and where in its band a unit lands depends on the magnet generation, the coil set, the software release, the table and the condition.
| Model | Field and magnet | Refurbished, all-in | New | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi AIRIS II, AIRIS Elite and AIRIS Mate | 0.2T to 0.3T permanent magnet (2000s) | $300,000 to $450,000, sourced refurbished on request (AIRIS II $300,000 to $400,000; Elite $325,000 to $450,000; Mate $300,000 to $350,000) | Not sold new (discontinued); the AIRIS Vento is the current Fujifilm open system | AIRIS price guide |
| Fujifilm AIRIS Vento 0.3T | 0.3T permanent magnet (2011), floating lateral-slide table | $375,000 to $525,000, sourced refurbished on request (a Fujifilm pre-owned unit when one is offered) | $600,000 to $950,000 new, sold by Medical Outfitters as an authorized Fujifilm dealer, quoted per configuration | AIRIS price guide, Product page |
| Fujifilm APERTO Lucent 0.4T | 0.4T permanent self-shielded magnet, single-pillar open design | $400,000 to $525,000, sourced refurbished on request | $675,000 to $950,000 new, sold by Medical Outfitters as an authorized Fujifilm dealer | Product page |
| Fujifilm OASIS Velocity 1.2T | 1.2T superconducting vertical-field open magnet (2007 platform; Velocity is the current package) | $1,225,000 to $1,775,000, Fujifilm Certified Pre-Owned (the OASIS Velocity CPO), supplied by Medical Outfitters as the Fujifilm dealer | $1,600,000 to $2,225,000 new, sold by Medical Outfitters as an authorized Fujifilm dealer; breast MRI package from about $35,000 | OASIS Velocity, OASIS Velocity CPO |
| Esaote G-scan (tilting, weight-bearing) | Permanent magnet; magnet and table tilt from supine to upright | Quoted per configuration; below the open band | Sold new by Medical Outfitters as an authorized Esaote dealer | Product page |
| Esaote S-scan (joints and spine) | Permanent magnet, no cryogens; dedicated musculoskeletal system | Quoted per configuration; below the open band | Sold new by Medical Outfitters as an authorized Esaote dealer | Product page |
| Esaote O-scan (extremity) | Permanent magnet, helium-free; the patient sits beside the system | Quoted per configuration; below the open band | Sold new by Medical Outfitters as an authorized Esaote dealer | Product page |
Open MRI machine price by model, Medical Outfitters ranges delivered, installed and warrantied; Esaote rows are quoted per configuration and sit below the open band.
Three notes on the rows. The AIRIS Vento price new, $600,000 to $950,000, covers the configurations we quote most often, and a refurbished Vento only appears when Fujifilm offers a pre-owned unit, which is why its refurbished figure says sourced on request. The APERTO Lucent price follows the same pattern one step up, because the 0.4T self-shielded magnet is the newer design. The OASIS Velocity price is the one open figure that behaves like a 1.5T quote: the CPO band and the new band both move with the coil set and the software packages licensed, and a breast MRI package is quoted on top. No open system is part of MO Select, our in-house refurbishment line, which rebuilds GE and Siemens closed and wide-bore magnets; open systems come new from Fujifilm and Esaote, certified pre-owned from Fujifilm, or sourced refurbished on request.
Open MRI Price by Generation and Year
An average open MRI machine price hides the generation split. Across the systems we quote, a refurbished permanent-magnet open system averages in the low-to-mid six figures delivered and installed, a new one in the high six figures, and the 1.2T OASIS Velocity well above a million dollars in either condition. The tiers below are the bands those averages sit in.
| Tier | Medical Outfitters range, all-in | Systems | What the tier buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early permanent magnet, 2000s | $300,000 to $450,000, refurbished | Hitachi AIRIS II, AIRIS Elite, AIRIS Mate | A tested 0.2T to 0.3T open system at the lowest entry price in MRI; Fujifilm supports the installed Hitachi base, but parts and software are at their end of the road |
| Current-generation permanent magnet | $375,000 to $525,000, refurbished | Fujifilm AIRIS Vento, APERTO Lucent | A 0.3T or 0.4T open system of the current design, sourced refurbished on request when a pre-owned unit is offered |
| Top of the open class | $450,000 to $525,000, refurbished | APERTO Lucent, later AIRIS Vento | The newest permanent-magnet units with the fullest coil sets and the longest support horizon |
| New permanent magnet | $600,000 to $950,000, new | Fujifilm AIRIS Vento, APERTO Lucent | A new open system with the manufacturer warranty, applications training and current software, quoted per configuration |
| 1.2T high-field open, certified pre-owned | $1,225,000 to $1,775,000 | Fujifilm OASIS Velocity CPO | The OASIS platform rebuilt by Fujifilm with a new table, electronics, cabinets, wiring, RF coils, a new chiller and a one year warranty |
| 1.2T high-field open, new | $1,600,000 to $2,225,000 | Fujifilm OASIS Velocity | The only high-field open whole-body MRI sold new, with FastMR speed and deep learning reconstruction |
Used open MRI price by year of manufacture
Year of manufacture is the quickest way to place a used open MRI for sale inside the band before the coil list and the service history are known. The figures are the open column of the used MRI table on our MRI guide, refurbished, delivered, installed and warrantied; an as-is unit sold where it stands prices below them.
| Year of manufacture | Open platforms | Refurbished, all-in |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 to 2007 | AIRIS II, AIRIS Elite, APERTO | $300,000 to $400,000 |
| 2008 to 2012 | AIRIS Vento | $350,000 to $475,000 |
| 2013 to 2017 | APERTO Lucent | $425,000 to $525,000 |
| 2018 and newer | Few refurbished units circulate; the 1.2T OASIS Velocity CPO is priced on its own line | $475,000 to $525,000, quoted per unit |
Two cautions carry across every year. A permanent magnet does not quench and does not lose helium, so an older open system is a safer used purchase than an older superconducting magnet, but its gradients, RF chain and software are the age of the unit, and a platform the manufacturer no longer supports is the harder one to keep accredited; how long an MRI machine lasts covers the support horizons. The used MRI machine buying guide sets out what to check on any used magnet before the price is agreed.
What Moves an Open MRI Machine Price
Six things decide where an open MRI quote lands inside its band, and the brand is not one of them.
- Magnet and field strength. A 0.2T to 0.4T permanent magnet is the open class; the 1.2T OASIS is a superconducting magnet with a superconducting magnet’s price, siting and service. Field strength decides the band, everything else moves the number inside it.
- Platform generation. The gradients, the RF chain and the reconstruction hardware are the age of the platform: a 2011 AIRIS Vento and a 2000s AIRIS II share a magnet design and little else, which is why the two sit a tier apart.
- Coil set. Vertical-field open systems use volume coils that enclose the anatomy, and a system quoted with the full coil set is not the same purchase as one quoted with three coils. Ask for the coil list with the quote.
- Software and options. On the OASIS Velocity the FastMR speed package and deep learning reconstruction are the price difference between a standard and a fully optioned unit; on the permanent-magnet systems the sequence packages licensed move the number less, but they still move it.
- Table and patient handling. The lateral-shift floating tables on the AIRIS Vento, APERTO Lucent and OASIS Velocity, and the low transfer height on the Lucent, are part of the configuration and part of the price.
- Condition and support status. A refurbished unit with a current software release, a tested coil set and a written warranty prices at the top of its tier; a discontinued platform prices at the bottom whatever its hours, because parts and software support decide how long it stays accredited.
Brand, by contrast, barely moves an open MRI quote, for the simple reason that one manufacturer sells the whole open range today: Fujifilm, which took over the Hitachi AIRIS, APERTO and OASIS lines in 2021. Our MRI manufacturers comparison places Fujifilm against GE, Siemens, Philips, Canon and Esaote across every field strength.
What Is Included in an Open MRI Machine Price?
A Medical Outfitters open MRI price is an all-in figure: the system with its coil set and software, freight and rigging, installation and calibration, applications training and a written warranty. The RF-shielded cabin, electrical work and other site construction are quoted per project because every room is different, and on a permanent-magnet system there are no cryogens to budget for at all. Published equipment-only figures for used open systems are a different number, and the row below converts one to the other.
| Class | Equipment-only figures published elsewhere | Medical Outfitters, delivered, installed and warrantied | What the Medical Outfitters figure adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open / low-field | $100,000 to $350,000 | $300,000 to $525,000 refurbished; $600,000 to $950,000 new | Freight and rigging, installation, applications training and a written warranty; the RF cabin and other site construction quoted per project; no cryogens on a permanent magnet (the superconducting OASIS excepted) |
The gap between the two columns is the installation, the warranty and the work that turns a magnet on a pallet into a system that scans patients. A used open MRI bought equipment-only still needs rigging, a site survey, installation, calibration, applications training and a service arrangement, and the buyer carries each of those as a separate contract. What the OASIS Velocity CPO includes is written on the OASIS Velocity CPO page: a new table, electronics, cabinets, wiring, RF coils, a new chiller and a one year warranty.
What Does an Open MRI Need in the Room?
The room is where an open MRI earns its reputation for simplicity, with one exception. A permanent-magnet system needs an RF-shielded cabin like any MRI, but according to the Fujifilm product documentation the APERTO Lucent needs no quench tube, no chiller and no magnetic shielding, with minimal room dimensions, and the AIRIS Vento needs no specific magnetic shielding either. There is no helium delivery, no quench vent through the roof and no chiller plant. The floor still matters: the APERTO Lucent gantry weighs approximately 14,800 kg (32,628 lb) per its product page, so a structural check is part of every open MRI site survey even though the magnet is small.
The OASIS Velocity is the exception because it is superconducting. It needs the RF cabin, a chiller, a helium charge and a quench vent, and its site plan reads like a closed 1.5T plan; zero boil-off design keeps helium refills infrequent, but the cryogen line exists. Our MRI room shielding and size requirements post covers RF shielding, magnetic shielding, structural loading and the five-gauss line for every class, and the siting section of the MRI machine cost guide gives the room sizes.
How Much Does It Cost to Run an Open MRI?
A permanent-magnet open MRI is the cheapest class of MRI to own after the purchase, because the three largest running costs of a superconducting magnet do not exist: there is no helium to top up, no cold head to replace on a schedule and no quench to recover from. The service contract is the simplest of any MRI class, with a smaller coil set to cover and no cryogen clause, and the power and cooling demand of a permanent magnet is a fraction of a superconducting system’s. Our MRI service, repair and maintenance page explains how a contract is priced as a percentage of system value and what a preventive maintenance visit covers.
The 1.2T OASIS Velocity carries a superconducting magnet’s running costs: a service contract that covers the cold head and the cryogen line, helium top-ups when they are needed, and the chiller. What an MRI helium refill costs covers the cryogen side; the point for an open-MRI buyer is that the Velocity’s running cost should be budgeted against a closed 1.5T, not against an AIRIS. For every open system the recurring line that remains is the service contract, and the clause that decides whether it is complete is coil coverage, because the coil set is the component most likely to fail on a vertical-field system.
Open vs Closed vs Wide-Bore MRI: Cost and Image Quality
Bore design decides patient comfort and the room; field strength decides the band a system prices in. That is the whole rule, and it answers most open versus closed price questions. A permanent-magnet open system is the lowest band in MRI; a wide-bore 1.5T prices inside the 1.5T band with a premium for its 70 cm bore; and the OASIS Velocity sits between them as the only way to buy open access with high-field image quality. The high-field alternative, a 60 cm or 70 cm 3T, is priced by model in our 3T MRI machine price guide.
| Design | Refurbished band | What it buys |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent-magnet open (AIRIS Vento, APERTO Lucent) | $300,000 to $525,000 refurbished; $600,000 to $950,000 new | Patient access, a single room, no cryogens; the lowest image quality and speed of the three |
| 1.2T high-field open (OASIS Velocity) | $1,225,000 to $1,775,000 CPO; $1,600,000 to $2,225,000 new | Open access with image quality close to a closed 1.5T; a superconducting magnet, so helium, a chiller and a quench vent |
| Wide-bore 1.5T, 70 cm (Siemens Espree and Aera, GE Optima MR450w) | $475,000 to $975,000 refurbished (the 1.5T band) | Most of the comfort of an open design with full high-field image quality, at a premium inside the 1.5T band |
| Closed 60 cm 1.5T (GE Signa HDxt and similar) | $475,000 to $975,000 refurbished (the 1.5T band) | The highest image quality per dollar and the full siting bill: RF suite, quench vent, cryogens, cold head |
Image quality is the trade. At 0.3T or 0.4T a whole-body open system images the spine, the joints and the brain for routine orthopedic, pain and general work, but it scans more slowly than a 1.5T and resolves less detail, which is why high-volume general centers usually buy a wide-bore 1.5T and send claustrophobic and bariatric patients to it rather than buying an open system first. Which patients justify an open system, and where a 0.3T is and is not good enough, is the subject of open MRI vs closed MRI; which design a new imaging center should buy first is the subject of wide-bore vs open vs closed MRI; and what the extra signal of 1.5T and 3T buys is in 1.5T vs 3T MRI.
New vs Refurbished Open MRI Machine Price
Four conditions exist in the open market, and they are not four points on one scale.
- New Fujifilm. The AIRIS Vento, APERTO Lucent and OASIS Velocity sold new by Medical Outfitters as an authorized Fujifilm dealer, with the manufacturer warranty, current software, applications training, delivery and installation in the quote. New is the right buy when the system has to carry a program for fifteen years and when a current platform matters for accreditation and software support.
- Fujifilm Certified Pre-Owned. The OASIS Velocity CPO, rebuilt by Fujifilm with a new table, electronics, cabinets, wiring, RF coils, a new chiller and a one year warranty, supplied by Medical Outfitters as the Fujifilm dealer. It is the refurbished route into the 1.2T open platform, a band below new.
- Sourced refurbished on request. Hitachi-era AIRIS II, Elite and Mate units and pre-owned Vento and Lucent units when they are offered, tested, delivered, installed and warrantied by Medical Outfitters. The lowest entry price in whole-body MRI, with the support horizon of the platform as the question to settle before the price.
- As-is used. The lowest price. The magnet is sold as it stands, the coil set in its current condition, and the buyer arranges rigging, installation, calibration and service. It suits a site with an engineer on contract; it is the wrong first magnet for a new practice.
A refurbished open system generally runs 40 to 60 percent below new on the same platform, which is the same ratio as the rest of MRI; the open-specific point is that the permanent magnet itself does not age the way a superconducting magnet does, so the age of the electronics and the support status of the platform, not the magnet, decide whether a used open MRI is a good buy. The refurbished imaging equipment page explains what a Medical Outfitters refurbished system includes.
Open MRI Installations by Medical Outfitters
Medical Outfitters installs open MRI systems with its own crews across the United States, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, and three of those installations show the open class across its range.
- San Sebastian, Puerto Rico. A 2000s Hitachi AIRIS II open MRI replaced with a new Fujifilm APERTO Lucent 0.4T in an upgraded suite: the same open access for the center’s patients, a current permanent-magnet platform and no cryogens, with the control room and the coil storage rebuilt around it.
- Humacao, Puerto Rico. A Fujifilm OASIS Velocity 1.2T installed in a new copper RF-shielded magnet room with a finished suite around it, the sky ceiling and forest mural included, for a center that wanted open access without giving up high-field image quality.
- Grand Cayman. The first Esaote G-scan tilting, weight-bearing MRI in the islands, installed for spine and joint imaging under load.
Each of these followed the same sequence: site survey and structural check, RF cabin and electrical work quoted per project, rigging and delivery, installation and calibration, applications training and a service plan. How an MRI is moved covers the rigging and delivery side, and the MRI service page the plan that follows.
Extremity and Weight-Bearing MRI Cost: Esaote O-scan, S-scan and G-scan
Extremity MRI cost is a different question from whole-body open MRI, because a dedicated extremity or weight-bearing magnet is a third class of system: a small permanent magnet that images a joint or the spine with the patient sitting or lying beside it rather than inside anything. Medical Outfitters sells the Esaote range new as an authorized Esaote dealer, and every system is quoted per configuration; the quotes sit below the whole-body open band, which is why the price list prints them as quoted per configuration rather than inventing a band.
- Esaote O-scan. The compact extremity system: the patient sits beside the magnet and only the hand, wrist, elbow, foot, ankle or knee goes in. Helium-free with no cooling system, small dedicated coils, and up to three patients an hour per the product page. The right system for a practice that scans extremities only.
- Esaote S-scan. An open-gantry musculoskeletal system on a permanent magnet with no cryogens, built for clinics with a substantial musculoskeletal workload, covering joints and the spine in a fraction of the room a whole-body magnet needs.
- Esaote G-scan. The tilting system: the magnet and table move the patient from supine to upright, so the spine and the weight-bearing joints are imaged under load, which no closed, wide-bore or conventional open magnet can do. An Esaote G-scan price is quoted per configuration with the coil set and the software packages the practice needs.
None of the three needs helium, a chiller or a full RF suite, and the room is a fraction of a whole-body installation; the extremity section of the MRI machine cost guide places them against the whole-body classes. For an orthopedic or sports medicine practice an extremity magnet can carry the whole musculoskeletal caseload; for a general imaging center it is a second system, not a first.
How to Choose an Open MRI Machine
Five questions settle the open MRI decision.
- What do you scan? Joints and spine only: an Esaote extremity or weight-bearing system. General work with patient access as the problem: an AIRIS Vento or APERTO Lucent. General work at volume where image quality cannot be given up: the OASIS Velocity, or a wide-bore 1.5T with open-access referrals sent to it.
- What room do you have? A single room with no roof penetration and no chiller plant points to a permanent magnet; a room that can take an RF suite, a quench vent and a chiller opens the OASIS and the wide-bore options.
- What is the budget, all-in? $300,000 to $525,000 buys a refurbished permanent-magnet open system; $600,000 to $950,000 a new one; $1,225,000 and up the OASIS Velocity; and a refurbished wide-bore 1.5T sits at $475,000 to $975,000 between them.
- Which referrals are you keeping? Claustrophobic, pediatric and bariatric patients are the open MRI’s reason to exist; if those referrals are leaving the practice, the access matters more than the last increment of image quality.
- What is the resale and the support horizon? A current Fujifilm platform holds value and software support; a discontinued Hitachi-era unit is the cheapest entry and the shortest horizon. Decide which you are buying before the quote, not after.
Tell us what you scan and the room you have, and we will recommend two or three systems at the right field strength with delivery, installation and a service plan in the quote. Current units are on the MRI machines for sale page; what the exam itself costs a patient, the other half of the business case, is in how much an MRI scan costs.
Open MRI Machine Cost: Frequently Asked Questions
- How much does an open MRI machine cost?
- An open MRI machine costs $300,000 to $525,000 refurbished and $600,000 to $950,000 new for a permanent-magnet open system (0.2T to 0.4T), delivered, installed and warrantied by Medical Outfitters. The 1.2T Fujifilm OASIS Velocity runs $1,225,000 to $1,775,000 as a Fujifilm Certified Pre-Owned unit and $1,600,000 to $2,225,000 new, and Esaote extremity systems are quoted per configuration below the open band.
- How much is a used open MRI machine?
- A used open MRI machine runs $300,000 to $525,000 refurbished, delivered, installed and warrantied: $300,000 to $450,000 for a 2000s Hitachi AIRIS II, Elite or Mate and $375,000 to $525,000 for a current-generation AIRIS Vento or APERTO Lucent when a pre-owned unit is offered. By year of manufacture, 2003 to 2007 units run $300,000 to $400,000, 2008 to 2012 $350,000 to $475,000 and 2013 to 2017 $425,000 to $525,000.
- How much does a new open MRI cost?
- A new permanent-magnet open MRI costs $600,000 to $950,000 from Medical Outfitters as an authorized Fujifilm dealer: the AIRIS Vento 0.3T at $600,000 to $950,000 and the APERTO Lucent 0.4T at $675,000 to $950,000, quoted per configuration. The new 1.2T OASIS Velocity costs $1,600,000 to $2,225,000, with a breast MRI package from about $35,000.
- What is the cheapest MRI machine to buy?
- A refurbished permanent-magnet open system is the cheapest whole-body MRI: a Hitachi AIRIS II, Elite or Mate at $300,000 to $450,000 delivered, installed and warrantied, against $475,000 and up for a refurbished 1.5T. A dedicated extremity system such as the Esaote O-scan is quoted per configuration below the open band, but it images joints only, so it is the cheapest MRI only for a practice that scans nothing else.
- Is an open MRI as good as a closed MRI?
- Not at the same field strength. A 0.3T or 0.4T permanent-magnet open system images the spine, joints and brain for routine work but scans more slowly and resolves less detail than a closed or wide-bore 1.5T. The 1.2T OASIS Velocity narrows that gap to the point where many centers run general work on it. Our open MRI vs closed MRI guide covers which patients and exams justify the trade.
- Does an open MRI need helium?
- A permanent-magnet open MRI (AIRIS Vento, APERTO Lucent, the Hitachi AIRIS family, the Esaote systems) needs no helium, no chiller and no quench vent. The 1.2T OASIS Velocity is a superconducting open magnet and does need a helium charge, a chiller and a quench vent, although its zero boil-off design keeps refills infrequent.
- What room does an open MRI need?
- An RF-shielded cabin like any MRI, but on a permanent-magnet system no quench tube, no chiller and no magnetic shielding: the Fujifilm APERTO Lucent product page lists all three as not required, with minimal room dimensions. The floor still needs a structural check, because the APERTO Lucent gantry weighs approximately 14,800 kg (32,628 lb). The OASIS Velocity needs a full superconducting-magnet suite with a quench vent and a chiller.
- How much does an open MRI cost to run?
- Less than any other class of MRI, because a permanent magnet has no helium to top up, no cold head to replace and no quench to recover from; the service contract covers a smaller coil set with no cryogen clause, and the power and cooling demand is a fraction of a superconducting system's. The OASIS Velocity is the exception and runs like a closed 1.5T. Service contracts are priced per year as a percentage of system value, as explained on our MRI service page.
- What is the Fujifilm OASIS Velocity price?
- The OASIS Velocity price is $1,600,000 to $2,225,000 new from Medical Outfitters as an authorized Fujifilm dealer, with a breast MRI package from about $35,000, and $1,225,000 to $1,775,000 as the OASIS Velocity CPO, Fujifilm's certified pre-owned unit with a new table, electronics, cabinets, wiring, RF coils, a new chiller and a one year warranty.
- What is the Fujifilm AIRIS Vento price?
- The AIRIS Vento price is $600,000 to $950,000 new, delivered, installed and warrantied by Medical Outfitters as an authorized Fujifilm dealer and quoted per configuration, and $375,000 to $525,000 refurbished when Fujifilm offers a pre-owned unit. The APERTO Lucent price, its 0.4T sibling, is $675,000 to $950,000 new and $400,000 to $525,000 refurbished.
- How much does an Esaote G-scan cost?
- The Esaote G-scan is quoted per configuration by Medical Outfitters as an authorized Esaote dealer, with the coil set and software packages the practice needs, and the quote sits below the whole-body open band. It is the tilting, weight-bearing system that images the spine and joints under load; the S-scan and O-scan are quoted the same way for joints and spine and for extremities only.
- Where can I find an open MRI for sale?
- Our current open and whole-body MRI units are on the used MRI machines for sale page and in the MRI machines category. Medical Outfitters sells the Fujifilm AIRIS Vento, APERTO Lucent and OASIS Velocity new, the OASIS Velocity CPO as a Fujifilm Certified Pre-Owned unit, Esaote extremity systems new, and sources refurbished open systems on request, each delivered, installed and warrantied across the United States, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
- Who should buy an open MRI?
- Practices whose referrals depend on patient access: orthopedic, chiropractic and pain practices, centers with claustrophobic, pediatric or bariatric patients, and sites that want a single-room installation with no cryogens. A high-volume general center usually buys a wide-bore 1.5T first and adds open access through it; an extremity practice is often best served by an Esaote system rather than a whole-body open magnet.
- Can an open MRI do every exam a closed MRI can?
- A whole-body open system can run the routine spine, joint, brain and body exams at lower field strength, more slowly and with less detail; advanced neuro, cardiac and research protocols belong on a 1.5T or 3T. A dedicated extremity system images joints only, and the G-scan adds the spine under load. What the extra field strength buys is set out in our 1.5T vs 3T MRI comparison.
Medical Outfitters sells the Fujifilm AIRIS Vento, APERTO Lucent and OASIS Velocity open MRI systems new as an authorized dealer, the OASIS Velocity CPO as a Fujifilm Certified Pre-Owned unit and the Esaote extremity and weight-bearing systems new, and sources refurbished open systems on request, each delivered, installed and warrantied. Browse MRI machines for sale →
From a refurbished permanent-magnet open system to the 1.2T OASIS Velocity and the Esaote extremity range, Medical Outfitters helps you spec, buy or finance the right open MRI, new or certified pre-owned, with delivery, installation and a service plan in every quote. Serving the US, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
