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Veterinary Imaging Equipment Cost Guide (2026): Vet X-ray, Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Published 2 November 2026. The veterinary X-ray and ultrasound figures are class estimates derived from public price reporting for 2023 to 2026, printed for comparison and labeled as such; the refurbished CT and MRI bands are the live bands of our CT and MRI cost guides, delivered, installed and warrantied, quoted individually for every site. Specifications are the published figures of Fujifilm, Esaote and Hallmarq as read on 2 November 2026, and the Medical Outfitters product pages for the VXR and the Supria 32. Written by the Medical Outfitters sales and field engineering team.

Quick answer: Veterinary imaging equipment costs an estimated $35,000 to $85,000 new for a small-animal DR X-ray room, $20,000 to $45,000 for a portable DR kit, $8,000 to $50,000 for veterinary ultrasound, $250,000 to $525,000 for a new 16 to 32-slice CT and $300,000 to $1,500,000 for a veterinary MRI, comparison only; Medical Outfitters sells the Fujifilm VXR room and Supria 32 CT new, quoted on request, and sources refurbished units 40 to 60 percent below new.

Veterinary imaging equipment is priced in six classes, and the class decides the number before the brand does: a small-animal DR room, equine and large-animal X-ray, a portable DR kit, veterinary ultrasound, veterinary CT and veterinary MRI. The X-ray and ultrasound figures are estimates of current list pricing, printed for comparison, because no veterinary band has yet been set from Medical Outfitters transactions; the refurbished CT and MRI figures are the live bands of our CT scanner cost guide and open MRI cost guide, because a refurbished human scanner in a veterinary hospital is the same purchase. The Fujifilm VXR veterinary X-ray room and the Fujifilm Supria 32 CT are sold new by Medical Outfitters and quoted on request, never estimated.

Pricing

How Much Does Veterinary Imaging Equipment Cost?

Veterinary imaging equipment cost is set by the class first and by condition second. The table prices six classes new and refurbished: the X-ray and ultrasound figures are estimates of current list pricing, rounded and printed for comparison; the CT and MRI refurbished figures are Medical Outfitters bands, because veterinary hospitals buy the same scanners our human-imaging guides price. The fourth column places each class beside the human band on the guide that owns it.

Veterinary imaging equipmentNewRefurbishedHuman-equipment band on the Medical Outfitters guideHow Medical Outfitters supplies it
Small-animal DR room (table, floor-mounted stand, 32 kW class generator, one 14 by 17 inch panel, workstation)Estimated at $35,000 to $85,000, comparison onlyEstimated at $15,000 to $45,000, comparison onlyFixed DR room (X-ray guide): $60,000 to $135,000 refurbished, $150,000 to $275,000 newFujifilm VXR sold new by Medical Outfitters, quoted on request; other makes sourced refurbished on request
Equine and large-animal X-ray (portable generator and wireless panel for the stable, or a hospital room)Estimated at $30,000 to $85,000, comparison onlyEstimated at $15,000 to $45,000, comparison onlyPortable and handheld DR (X-ray guide): $12,000 to $35,000 refurbished, $30,000 to $65,000 new; a hospital room prices like a fixed DR roomSourced refurbished on request; Fujifilm DR panels and a VXR room quoted on request
Portable DR for ambulatory practice (battery generator, wireless panel, laptop, case)Estimated at $20,000 to $45,000, comparison onlyEstimated at $10,000 to $25,000, comparison onlyPortable and handheld DR (portable X-ray guide): $12,000 to $35,000 refurbished, $30,000 to $65,000 newSourced refurbished on request; Fujifilm DR panels quoted on request
Veterinary ultrasound (portable or cart with a microconvex and a linear probe; handheld probes estimated at $3,000 to $8,000 new)Estimated at $8,000 to $50,000, comparison onlyEstimated at $4,000 to $25,000, comparison onlyUltrasound guide: portable $15,000 to $40,000 refurbished, $35,000 to $70,000 new; cart $30,000 to $90,000 refurbished, $90,000 to $200,000 newRefurbished general-purpose systems sourced on request; Fujifilm Sonosite and ARIETTA sold new, quoted on request
Veterinary CT (16 to 32-slice; 64-slice for referral hospitals)Estimated at $250,000 to $525,000 for a 16 to 32-slice system, comparison onlyMedical Outfitters bands (CT guide), not estimates: $85,000 to $185,000 (16 to 32-slice); $175,000 to $375,000 (64-slice)CT guide: 16 to 32-slice $85,000 to $185,000 refurbished, $350,000 to $525,000 new; 64-slice $175,000 to $375,000 refurbished, $625,000 to $975,000 newFujifilm Supria 32 sold new by Medical Outfitters for veterinary practices in the United States, quoted per project; GE, Siemens, Philips and Canon systems MO Select refurbished or sourced on request
Veterinary MRI (dedicated veterinary system, or a refurbished human magnet installed for veterinary use)Estimated at $300,000 to $600,000 for a low-field dedicated veterinary MRI and $800,000 to $1,500,000 for a high-field system, comparison onlyMedical Outfitters bands (MRI guides), not estimates: $300,000 to $525,000 (permanent-magnet open); $475,000 to $975,000 (1.5T)Open MRI guide: permanent-magnet open $300,000 to $525,000 refurbished, $600,000 to $950,000 new; 1.5T $475,000 to $975,000 refurbishedRefurbished open and 1.5T magnets sourced on request; Fujifilm AIRIS Vento and APERTO Lucent sold new; Esaote veterinary systems quoted on request once the lineup is confirmed

Veterinary imaging equipment cost in 2026 by class. Estimates are derived from public list-price reporting for 2023 to 2026 and are not Medical Outfitters offers; the CT and MRI refurbished bands are the live bands of the CT scanner cost guide and the open MRI cost guide.

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Why the veterinary X-ray estimates sit below the human bands

A small-animal room is a smaller machine than a human DR room: the VXR runs a 32 kW generator on single-phase power, a floor-mounted column and one 14 by 17 inch panel, where a human room on our X-ray guide adds an elevating table, a wall stand, a second panel and, in its upper tiers, a 65 to 82 kW three-phase generator and a ceiling-suspended crane. That is why the veterinary room is estimated at $35,000 to $85,000 new against the human fixed-room band of $150,000 to $275,000; an equine hospital room prices like a human room, and a veterinary CT or MRI is a human scanner in a different building.

Veterinary X-Ray

Veterinary X-Ray Machine Cost: Small-Animal DR Rooms and the Fujifilm VXR

A veterinary X-ray machine for a small-animal practice is a fixed DR room: a table with a Bucky, a floor-mounted tube stand, a 20 to 32 kW generator, one DR panel and a workstation with species programs. New, the class is estimated at $35,000 to $85,000, comparison only: a basic fixed system at the bottom, a floating-top table with a rotating Bucky and a cesium iodide wireless panel through the middle, a room with fluoroscopy at the top. Refurbished, it is estimated at $15,000 to $45,000, comparison only; a used table and generator fitted with a new wireless panel sits in the upper half, because the panel is the largest line after the generator.

The Fujifilm VXR veterinary X-ray room is the system Medical Outfitters sells new for this class as an authorized Fujifilm dealer, and the Fujifilm VXR price is quoted on request rather than printed, because the detector configuration, the optional software and the room decide it. Its published specification describes what a small-animal DR room contains, so the table uses it as the reference; the third column says what moves the price in any make.

ComponentReference configuration (Fujifilm VXR, from its product page)What moves the price
Generator32 kW integrated GXR-32; 40 to 125 kVp; 10 to 400 mA; 220 to 230 VAC single phase, 60 Hz20 to 32 kW on single-phase power is the small-animal class; a large-animal or human room runs 50 to 82 kW on three-phase power, a band higher
Table and BuckyFour-way floating top, 27.6 by 70.8 inches; rotating Bucky; removable 103 lpi 10:1 grid; optional restraint strapsA fixed table is entry; a floating top with a rotating Bucky cuts the handling of a restrained animal
Tube standFloor-mounted column, 100 cm SID; 1.0 and 2.0 mm focal spots; 140 kHU anodeA ceiling-suspended stand belongs to large-animal and human rooms
Detector14 by 17 inch DR coverage with ISS Capture; the Bucky takes a 14 by 17 or 17 by 17 inch detector; extra panels optionalThe largest line after the generator: wireless or tethered, cesium iodide or gadolinium, a second panel for the truck
Workstation and software19 inch touchscreen, FDX Console PLUS, up to 1,280 anatomical programs, automatic technique; optional Virtual Grid (up to 50 percent dose reduction on larger animals) and Dynamic Visualization IISpecies programs, DICOM to the practice software, grid-less processing
Delivery, installation, calibration, training and warrantyIn every Medical Outfitters quoteDistance, floor and access
Shielding, electrical work and state registrationQuoted per projectRoom size, the neighbors behind each wall and the state's rules; shielding designed to NCRP Report 147

What is inside a small-animal DR room; the VXR figures are Fujifilm’s published specifications as printed on the VXR product page; the X-ray guide’s component table covers the human equivalents.

A clinic that owns a working table and generator can go digital with a panel alone, which is where the digital detector category and the CR vs DR comparison fit a veterinary budget.

Equine

Equine and Large-Animal X-Ray Cost

Equine x ray machine cost is two questions. The first is the portable system an ambulatory equine veterinarian carries to the stable: a battery-powered generator, a wireless 14 by 17 inch panel in a protective case, a laptop and the software, estimated at $30,000 to $50,000 new, comparison only, with the panel size and the generator’s output setting the number. The second is the large-animal room in an equine hospital: a standing horse needs a wall-mounted or overhead tube, a generator a class above a small-animal room and a large panel on a stand, and that room prices like a human fixed DR room. Together, equine and large-animal X-ray is estimated at $30,000 to $85,000 new and $15,000 to $45,000 refurbished, comparison only, with a DR room that adds fluoroscopy for surgical work at the top.

Against the human bands, the portable equine kit sits in the lower half of the portable and handheld DR band on our portable X-ray machine price guide, $12,000 to $35,000 refurbished and $30,000 to $65,000 new, and the hospital room inside the fixed DR room band of the X-ray machine cost guide. Medical Outfitters sources equine and large-animal systems refurbished on request, delivered with the panel calibrated to the generator, and quotes Fujifilm DR panels and a VXR room for the small-animal side of a mixed practice on request. On a used kit, the panel’s drop history and last calibration decide the price more than the age of the generator.

Portable

Portable Veterinary X-Ray Machine Price for Ambulatory Practice

A portable veterinary x ray machine for ambulatory and mixed practice is estimated at $20,000 to $45,000 new and $10,000 to $25,000 refurbished, comparison only. The kit is the same whatever the species: a portable generator, a wireless panel, a laptop or tablet running the acquisition software and a case, with a table stand so the same panel works in the clinic between farm calls. Entry kits with a 14 by 17 inch panel and a basic generator sit at the bottom; a kit with a removable generator that doubles as a table-mounted system sits at the top.

The veterinary and human portable markets share their components, which is why the human band on the portable X-ray guide, $12,000 to $35,000 refurbished and $30,000 to $65,000 new, brackets the veterinary estimate. A 14 by 17 inch wireless panel covers most small-animal and equine studies in one exposure; a 10 by 12 inch panel is lighter and cheaper but needs more exposures on a large patient, and cesium iodide panels cost more than gadolinium panels and image at lower dose. Medical Outfitters sources portable veterinary systems refurbished on request and quotes Fujifilm DR panels on request; the X-ray machines for sale page lists the portable and handheld units we hold.

Veterinary Ultrasound

Veterinary Ultrasound Machine Price

Veterinary ultrasound cost follows the same three classes as human ultrasound: a handheld probe on a tablet, a portable laptop-style system and a cart. For a veterinary practice the class is estimated at $8,000 to $50,000 new, from a portable system with a microconvex and a linear probe to a premium cart with a full probe set and cardiac software, and $4,000 to $25,000 refurbished, comparison only; handheld probes are estimated at $3,000 to $8,000 new. Our ultrasound machine cost guide already says that veterinary practices generally buy refurbished general-purpose systems with a curvilinear and a linear probe, and its human bands, $15,000 to $40,000 refurbished and $35,000 to $70,000 new for a portable system and $30,000 to $90,000 refurbished and $90,000 to $200,000 new for a cart, are the ceiling the veterinary estimate sits under.

A veterinary ultrasound machine price is mostly a probe question. A cat or small dog abdomen needs a microconvex or curvilinear probe; tendons, small parts and reproductive work a linear probe; cardiac work a phased-array probe and the cardiac package; an equine practice adds a rectal linear probe. The ultrasound guide’s probe table prices a new probe at $3,000 to $12,000 and a tested refurbished probe at $1,000 to $6,000, which is why a used system with the right three probes often costs less than a new system with one; our posts on how to choose an ultrasound probe and transducer types cover the frequencies and footprints.

Medical Outfitters sources refurbished general-purpose systems for veterinary practices on request, delivered with the probe set tested and a written warranty that says whether the probes are covered, and sells Fujifilm Sonosite and ARIETTA systems new as an authorized dealer, quoted on request; the portable ultrasound price guide prices the point-of-care class by model, and the ultrasound machines category lists the systems we hold.

Esaote, whose MRI systems Medical Outfitters sells new as an authorized dealer, builds a dedicated veterinary configuration of its MyLab X8 platform, the MyLab X8 VET, with veterinary software and VET probes including microconvex, linear, phased-array and intraoperative types; a veterinary configuration of the Esaote or Fujifilm ultrasound lines is quoted on request, with the configuration confirmed with the manufacturer for the United States, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean before the quote.

Veterinary CT

Veterinary CT Scanner Cost and the Fujifilm Supria 32

Veterinary ct scanner cost is the one veterinary figure with a Medical Outfitters band behind it, because the scanner is the same. A refurbished 16 to 32-slice CT runs $85,000 to $185,000 and a refurbished 64-slice $175,000 to $375,000, delivered, installed and warrantied, the live bands of our CT scanner cost guide; that is what a veterinary hospital pays for a GE BrightSpeed or LightSpeed 16, a Siemens SOMATOM Scope or Emotion 16, or a Philips or Canon 16-slice system rebuilt through MO Select or sourced on request. New, a veterinary CT in the 16 to 32-slice class is estimated at $250,000 to $525,000, comparison only, the top of that range being the CT guide’s own 16 to 32-slice new band.

The Fujifilm Supria 32 is the new CT Medical Outfitters sells for this use: in the United States it is sold new for veterinary practices only, as an authorized Fujifilm dealer, and quoted per project. Its product page gives the specification: 16-slice acquisition with up to 32-slice reconstruction, a 48 kW generator, a 75 cm aperture, a 500 pound table with a 180 cm scannable range, Intelli IP Quick iterative reconstruction with locked protocols and dose reporting, and a three-module design that fits suites as small as 250 square feet. Fujifilm markets the same platform to veterinary practices as the Supria Plus VET, a 32-slice configuration with a 75 cm bore and a long table for animals up to 500 pounds, for low-dose soft tissue, orthopedic and bone imaging and vessel assessment.

Most veterinary practices buying a first CT buy a 16-slice system, and published veterinary buying guidance agrees that a 16-slice is sufficient for most practices, with a 64-slice reserved for referral hospitals that want faster scans on large patients under anesthesia. The checks on a used veterinary CT are the human checks, which our used CT scanner buying guide and inspection checklist set out. What a veterinary CT adds is the anesthesia and recovery space beside the scanner and, for an equine hospital, a gantry and table built for the standing horse, which is a project rather than a band. The systems we hold are in the CT scanners category.

Veterinary MRI

Veterinary MRI Cost

Veterinary mri cost splits the same way as human MRI cost: a dedicated veterinary system sold new by its manufacturer, or a refurbished human magnet installed in a veterinary hospital. New, a dedicated veterinary MRI is estimated at $300,000 to $600,000 for a low-field permanent-magnet system and $800,000 to $1,500,000 for a high-field system, comparison only, the least certain estimate on this page, because no manufacturer publishes a veterinary MRI list price. Refurbished, the figures are Medical Outfitters bands: $300,000 to $525,000 for a permanent-magnet open MRI, the live band of our open MRI cost guide, and $475,000 to $975,000 for a refurbished 1.5T, the 1.5T band of our MRI machine cost guide, each delivered, installed and warrantied.

Two dedicated designs set the reference points. The Esaote Vet-MR Grande is an in-house veterinary MRI for small animals and equines with a wide opening, a compact installation of about 20 square meters, under 2 kW of power draw and no cryogenic liquids, per Esaote’s published pages; its successor, the Vet-MR Grande ELITE presented in July 2025, runs on a standard power supply and adds AI-based reconstruction. Hallmarq’s small-animal 1.5T is a veterinary-specific high-field magnet with a 60 cm bore that needs no helium, no quench pipe and no oxygen monitor and carries its own RF shield, so its published room is 614 square feet rather than a copper-lined cabin; its standing equine MRI is a 0.27T system for the sedated standing horse, imaging the hoof to the carpus or tarsus. Hallmarq sells outright or on a flat-rate model, and no purchase price is published.

The refurbished route is how most veterinary hospitals in the United States put an MRI in the building: a permanent-magnet open system such as a Hitachi AIRIS or a Fujifilm APERTO, with no helium, chiller or quench vent, or a refurbished 1.5T for neurological work, in an RF-shielded cabin as our MRI room shielding post describes. Medical Outfitters sources both on request, sells the Fujifilm AIRIS Vento and APERTO Lucent new as an authorized Fujifilm dealer at the open MRI guide’s new band of $600,000 to $950,000, and installs with its own crews; the used MRI machine buying guide covers the cold head, helium, coil and software checks that decide a used magnet’s price.

Medical Outfitters sells Esaote MRI systems new as an authorized dealer. Esaote’s dedicated veterinary MRI line, the Vet-MR Grande and the Vet-MR Grande ELITE, is quoted on request, with the veterinary configuration and its availability confirmed with Esaote for the United States, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean before the quote; no veterinary MRI price is estimated for Medical Outfitters’ own supply.

Practice Type

Small Animal vs Equine: How the Practice Sets the Equipment List

The practice type sets the equipment list, and the list sets the budget. A small-animal practice buys a fixed room and an ultrasound and refers CT and MRI out until it grows; an ambulatory equine practice buys a portable kit and a portable ultrasound and refers to a hospital with a standing MRI; a referral hospital buys everything.

PracticeX-rayUltrasoundCT and MRIWhere the budget goes first
Small-animal general practiceA fixed DR room (the VXR class)A portable or compact cart with a microconvex and a linear probeReferred out until the practice becomes a referral hospitalFixed room first, ultrasound second
Ambulatory and equine practiceA portable DR kit: battery generator, wireless 14 by 17 inch panel, laptop, caseA portable system with a linear probe for tendons and reproductive workStanding distal-limb MRI at a referral hospitalPortable DR first; a second panel before a second generator
Equine hospitalA large-animal room with an overhead or wall-mounted tube and a large panel, plus the portable kitCart and portable systemsA standing equine MRI (0.27T) for the hoof to the carpus or tarsus, or a CT built for the standing horseThe room prices like a human fixed DR room; the MRI is a project
Mixed practiceOne portable DR on a table stand in the room and in the truckA portable system with microconvex, linear and rectal probesReferred outThe portable kit with the fullest panel and probe set
Specialty and referral hospitalA fixed DR room and a portable kitA cart system with a full probe setA 16 to 32-slice CT (the Fujifilm Supria 32 is sold new for this use in the United States) and a 1.5T or dedicated veterinary MRICT first, MRI second, each with its anesthesia and recovery space

Veterinary imaging equipment by practice type; the standing equine MRI facts are Hallmarq’s published specifications, and the Supria 32 is sold new by Medical Outfitters for veterinary practices in the United States.

The two lists differ in three places: the X-ray room (a table with a floor-mounted stand for small animals, a standing-height tube and a larger generator for an equine hospital, none of the room and all of the portable kit for the ambulatory practice), the lead probe (microconvex for the small-animal abdomen, linear and rectal for the horse) and the advanced imaging (a CT and a small-animal MRI for a small-animal referral hospital, a standing MRI or a standing-horse CT for an equine hospital, each quoted as a project).

Price Drivers

What Moves a Veterinary Imaging Quote, and New vs Refurbished

Six things decide where a veterinary imaging quote lands inside its class, and the brand is the last of them.

  • Generator and stand class. On X-ray, a 20 to 32 kW single-phase generator with a floor-mounted stand is the veterinary class; a three-phase hospital generator, an overhead tube or an elevating table moves the room into the human bands. On CT and MRI the class is the slice count and the field strength.
  • Detector or probe set. The DR panel is the largest line in an X-ray room after the generator and the probe set the largest line on an ultrasound; a second panel or a third probe moves the number more than the brand of the console.
  • Species software and connectivity. Species programs, grid-less processing, DICOM to the practice software and the licenses that transfer with a used system.
  • Condition. New, with the manufacturer warranty, applications training and current software; refurbished, which on our human guides runs 40 to 60 percent below new for the same class and is how the veterinary estimates on this page are halved; or as-is used, below the refurbished range, with the buyer carrying rigging, installation, calibration and service.
  • Veterinary-specific or human. A dedicated veterinary system (the VXR, the Supria Plus VET, a Hallmarq or Esaote MRI) carries species workflow in its software and hardware; a refurbished human system carries the lower price and the deeper parts and engineer base, and on CT and MRI the two are the same scanner.
  • Scope. Delivery, rigging, installation, calibration, shielding design, training and the warranty. Published veterinary prices are usually equipment-only figures, and a Medical Outfitters quote is all-in, which the next section compares.

Brand barely moves a veterinary quote because the components are shared; what a buyer pays for in a brand is the species software, the support network for the field and the warranty on the panel, the component that fails when it is dropped. The refurbished imaging equipment page explains what a Medical Outfitters refurbished system includes, and we also buy used imaging equipment when a practice upgrades.

Quote Scope

What a Medical Outfitters Veterinary Quote Includes

A Medical Outfitters veterinary quote is an all-in figure: the system with its panels or probes and software, freight and rigging, installation and calibration, applications training and a written warranty, with the shielding design, the state registration and the physicist survey where the state requires one coordinated as part of the project. Published veterinary figures, including the estimates on this page, are usually equipment-only numbers, which is why two quotes for the same room can differ by the scope alone; compare what is in them before you compare the numbers.

LineWhat to confirm on a veterinary quote
The systemGenerator, tube and stand, table and Bucky, the DR panel or panels by size and type, the workstation and the software licenses, listed by name
Species programs and softwareWhich anatomical programs, grid-less and stitching licenses and DICOM connections are included, and whether a used system's licenses transfer
Delivery, rigging and installationIncluded in every Medical Outfitters quote, with calibration to the manufacturer specification and acceptance testing
Shielding and state registrationWho designs the shielding, who files the state device registration and who arranges the physicist survey where the state requires one
Applications trainingOn-site training for the technicians and veterinarians who will run the exams
WarrantyTerm, and whether the detector and the tube are covered
Quoted separatelyA second panel, a portable generator for the truck, PACS and practice-software integration, room shielding, extra probes on an ultrasound, anesthesia equipment for CT and MRI

A practice that buys equipment-only still needs the shielding designed and the state registration filed, the generator calibrated to the panel, the DICOM connection built and the staff trained, and it carries each as a separate contract. Installation, rigging and de-installation and delivery and logistics are in-house at Medical Outfitters across the United States, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, and service coverage is not conditional on having bought the system from us.

Siting and Running Cost

Siting, Shielding and Running Cost for a Veterinary Imaging Room

The room follows the modality, not the species. A veterinary X-ray room is shielded to the same state rules as a human room and designed to NCRP Report 147, a veterinary CT needs the same three-phase power and lead-lined scan room, and a veterinary MRI needs an RF-shielded cabin unless the system carries its own shield. What is veterinary about the room is the anesthesia and recovery space beside the CT or MRI, the handling space around the X-ray table and, in an equine hospital, the standing-height tube and the floor loads of a large patient.

ModalityRoom and powerShieldingRunning cost lines
Small-animal X-ray roomVXR generator 24.5 by 25.7 by 16 inches on 220 to 230 VAC single phase, 60 Hz; table 27.6 by 70.8 inches; no ceiling structure for a floor-mounted standLead shielding to the state's rules, designed per NCRP Report 147, quoted per project; a booth or barrier for the operatorTube life, the panel if dropped, preventive maintenance, the state fee
Equine roomA larger room for the standing horse, a wall-mounted or overhead tube, a generator a class upThe same rules with more wall to shieldThe same lines; kits add batteries and panel replacement
Veterinary CTSupria 32: three modules, suites as small as 250 square feet, 75 cm aperture, 500 lb table; every CT needs three-phase power, HVAC for the gantry heat load and a floor that carries the gantryLead-lined scan room and control room; published veterinary reporting puts lead-lined drywall at $5 to $10 per square foot and the electrical feed at about $7,000 to $10,000, estimated, comparison onlyA full-coverage contract priced per year as a percentage of system value (published veterinary reporting: $25,000 to $50,000 a year for a slice CT, estimated, comparison only); anesthesia and recovery space
Veterinary MRIEsaote Vet-MR Grande: about 20 square meters, under 2 kW, no cryogenic liquids; Hallmarq 1.5T: built-in RF shield, 614 square feet, three-phase power with a 100 kVA transformer; a refurbished human magnet needs the RF cabin and, if superconducting, the quench vent and chillerAn RF-shielded cabin for any human magnet; magnetic shielding where the five-gauss line demands itNo helium on a permanent magnet or a zero-helium design; a service contract with coil coverage; anesthesia for every exam

Siting facts are the manufacturers’ published figures (Fujifilm for the VXR and the Supria 32, Esaote and Hallmarq for the veterinary MRI systems); the CT shielding, electrical and service figures are published veterinary reporting, estimated and comparison only, not Medical Outfitters prices.

Running cost follows the detector, the tube and the service contract: small lines on an X-ray room, which is why a DR room pays back on modest volume; the tube, the contract and the anesthesia on a CT; the contract with coil coverage, helium on a superconducting magnet and anesthesia for every exam on an MRI. A full-coverage contract is priced per year as a percentage of system value, and our X-ray service, ultrasound service, CT service and MRI service pages set out the response commitments, what a preventive maintenance visit covers and how a contract is priced; the X-ray room size post covers the footprint and ceiling height.

Exam Cost

What a Veterinary X-Ray or Ultrasound Exam Costs the Pet Owner

Veterinary ultrasound cost and veterinary X-ray cost are also searched by pet owners asking what the exam will cost, which is a different number from the price of the machine. Published pet-care cost guides for 2026, one of them reviewed by a veterinarian, put the common exams in the ranges below; they are published figures for the pet owner, not Medical Outfitters prices, and the clinic’s location, the size of the dog and sedation move them.

ExamPublished cost to the pet owner (2026)Source
Dog X-ray, single view$75 to $250Veterinarian-reviewed pet-care guide, July 2026; a pet-insurance guide (October 2026) prints the same for a basic study
Dog X-ray, complete multi-view study$150 to $500; national average near $210Veterinarian-reviewed pet-care guide, July 2026; the pet-insurance guide puts a complex study at $400 or more
Sedation or light anesthesia$50 to $250, mostly by the dog's sizeVeterinarian-reviewed pet-care guide, July 2026
Dog abdominal ultrasound$300 to $600Veterinarian-reviewed pet-care guide, July 2026; the pet-insurance guide prints $350 to $1,000 for any dog ultrasound
Dog echocardiogram$500 to $700Veterinarian-reviewed pet-care guide, July 2026

Exam costs to the pet owner as published by a veterinarian-reviewed pet-care cost guide (July 2026) and a pet-insurance cost guide (updated October 2026); comparison only.

The two numbers meet in the business case: at the published average near $210 a study, a small-animal DR room estimated at $45,000 installed recovers its equipment price in roughly 215 studies before the cost of money, and an ultrasound at $20,000 against an abdominal study at $300 to $600 in 35 to 70 studies, illustrations from the published figures rather than Medical Outfitters projections, and the reason a DR room and an ultrasound are the first two systems a practice buys.

Checklist

How to Choose Veterinary Imaging Equipment

Five questions settle a veterinary imaging purchase.

  • What do you image, and where? Small animals in a clinic: a fixed DR room and a portable or compact ultrasound. Horses in the field: a portable DR kit and a portable ultrasound with a linear and a rectal probe. Both: the portable kit with a table stand, and the room when the small-animal volume justifies it.
  • Which panel, which probes? Decide the panel size and type and the probe set before the console, because they are the largest lines and decide what the practice can image on day one.
  • New or refurbished? New for the VXR and the Supria 32, which Medical Outfitters sells as an authorized Fujifilm dealer, where the warranty, the current software and the species workflow matter; refurbished for a room, a kit, an ultrasound, a CT or an MRI where the budget leads, at 40 to 60 percent below new with the panel, the tube or the probes named in the warranty.
  • What does the room need? Single-phase power for a small-animal room, three-phase for a CT, an RF cabin for a human magnet, shielding to the state’s rules in every case, and the anesthesia and recovery space that CT and MRI add.
  • What is in the quote? Delivery, installation, calibration, shielding design, state registration, training and a written warranty, or a list of what is not, so two quotes compare on the same scope.

Tell us the species, the caseload and the room you have, and we will quote the right system with the site work in the quote, delivered and installed across the United States, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Every modality is priced side by side in our radiology equipment cost table and the 2026 imaging equipment price index, and the systems we hold are in the X-ray machines, ultrasound, CT and MRI categories.

FAQ

Veterinary Imaging Equipment Cost: Frequently Asked Questions

How much does veterinary imaging equipment cost?
Estimated, comparison only: $35,000 to $85,000 new for a small-animal DR room, $30,000 to $85,000 for equine and large-animal X-ray, $20,000 to $45,000 for a portable DR kit, $8,000 to $50,000 for a veterinary ultrasound, $250,000 to $525,000 for a new 16 to 32-slice CT and $300,000 to $1,500,000 for a veterinary MRI, with refurbished X-ray and ultrasound at about half. Refurbished CT and MRI are Medical Outfitters bands: $85,000 to $185,000 for a 16 to 32-slice CT and $300,000 to $525,000 for an open MRI, delivered, installed and warrantied.
How much does a veterinary X-ray machine cost?
An estimated $35,000 to $85,000 new and $15,000 to $45,000 refurbished for a small-animal DR room (table, floor-mounted stand, 32 kW class generator, one 14 by 17 inch panel, workstation), comparison only; a portable DR kit $20,000 to $45,000 new and an equine or large-animal system $30,000 to $85,000 new. Medical Outfitters sells the Fujifilm VXR veterinary X-ray room new, quoted on request.
How much does the Fujifilm VXR veterinary X-ray room cost?
The Fujifilm VXR price is quoted on request by Medical Outfitters, which sells it new as an authorized Fujifilm dealer; the detector configuration, the optional Virtual Grid and Dynamic Visualization II software and the room decide it. The VXR pairs a 32 kW GXR-32 generator on single-phase power with a four-way floating table, a rotating Bucky for a 14 by 17 or 17 by 17 inch detector, a floor-mounted stand and a 19 inch touchscreen workstation.
How much does an equine X-ray machine cost?
An estimated $30,000 to $50,000 new for the portable kit an ambulatory veterinarian carries (battery generator, wireless 14 by 17 inch panel, laptop, case); an equine hospital room with a wall-mounted or overhead tube prices like a human fixed DR room, so the class is estimated at $30,000 to $85,000 new and $15,000 to $45,000 refurbished, comparison only. Medical Outfitters sources equine systems refurbished on request and quotes Fujifilm DR panels on request.
How much is a portable veterinary X-ray machine?
An estimated $20,000 to $45,000 new and $10,000 to $25,000 refurbished, comparison only, for a portable generator, a wireless panel, a laptop and a case. Panel size and type, generator output and battery, software and case place a kit inside the range, and the human portable band on our portable X-ray guide, $12,000 to $35,000 refurbished and $30,000 to $65,000 new, brackets it.
How much does a veterinary ultrasound machine cost?
An estimated $8,000 to $50,000 new, from a portable system with a microconvex and a linear probe to a premium cart, and $4,000 to $25,000 refurbished, comparison only; handheld probes $3,000 to $8,000 new. Most practices buy a refurbished general-purpose system with a curvilinear and a linear probe, which Medical Outfitters sources on request with the probes tested and covered; a new probe runs $3,000 to $12,000 and a tested refurbished probe $1,000 to $6,000.
How much does a veterinary CT scanner cost?
$85,000 to $185,000 refurbished for a 16 to 32-slice system and $175,000 to $375,000 for a 64-slice, delivered, installed and warrantied by Medical Outfitters, the live bands of our CT scanner cost guide, because veterinary hospitals buy the same GE, Siemens, Philips and Canon scanners. New, a 16 to 32-slice veterinary CT is estimated at $250,000 to $525,000, comparison only; the Fujifilm Supria 32, sold new by Medical Outfitters for veterinary practices in the United States, is quoted per project.
How much does a veterinary MRI cost?
A dedicated veterinary MRI is estimated at $300,000 to $600,000 new for a low-field system and $800,000 to $1,500,000 for a high-field system, comparison only; no manufacturer publishes a list price, and Hallmarq sells its zero-helium 1.5T and 0.27T standing equine systems outright or on a flat-rate model. Refurbished, an open MRI installed for veterinary use runs $300,000 to $525,000 and a 1.5T $475,000 to $975,000, Medical Outfitters bands delivered, installed and warrantied.
Can a veterinary practice buy a refurbished human X-ray, CT or MRI?
Yes, and for CT and MRI it is how most veterinary hospitals buy: a refurbished 16-slice CT or an open MRI is the same scanner whether it images people or animals, quoted at the same band with the anesthesia and recovery space planned beside it. A refurbished human DR room works for a small-animal practice too, though its generator, elevating table and wall stand make it larger and more expensive than a veterinary room.
Does Medical Outfitters sell veterinary imaging equipment?
Yes. Medical Outfitters sells the Fujifilm VXR veterinary X-ray room new as an authorized Fujifilm dealer and the Fujifilm Supria 32 CT new for veterinary practices in the United States, both quoted on request, and sources refurbished X-ray rooms, portable kits, ultrasound systems, CT scanners and MRI magnets for veterinary practices on request, each delivered, installed and warrantied across the United States, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
What does a veterinary X-ray room need?
Shielding designed to the state's rules and NCRP Report 147, quoted per project; a booth or shielded barrier for the operator; the generator's power, which for the VXR is 220 to 230 volts single phase at 60 Hz; floor space for a 27.6 by 70.8 inch table and room to handle the animal; the state device registration; and a DICOM connection to the practice software. A floor-mounted stand needs no ceiling structure, which is why a veterinary room installs in an existing clinic.
How much does a dog X-ray or ultrasound cost the pet owner?
Published pet-care cost guides for 2026 put a single-view dog X-ray at $75 to $250, a multi-view study at $150 to $500 with a national average near $210, sedation at $50 to $250, an abdominal ultrasound at $300 to $600 and an echocardiogram at $500 to $700; a pet-insurance guide prints $350 to $1,000 for a dog ultrasound. They are published exam figures for the pet owner, not Medical Outfitters prices.
What is the difference between veterinary and human X-ray equipment?
The physics and the panels are the same; the room differs. A veterinary room uses a 20 to 32 kW single-phase generator, a floor-mounted stand and a table built for restraint and cleanup, with species programs, where a human room adds an elevating table, a wall stand, a second panel and, in hospitals, a three-phase generator and a ceiling-suspended tube. That is why a veterinary room is estimated at $35,000 to $85,000 new against $150,000 to $275,000 for a human fixed DR room.
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