Cost inflation in the US is huge due to a combination of red tape, CYA, customers with good insurance subsidizing people with bad/no insurance, and many other factors. There's no simple answer, unfortunately. No one is entirely sure why medical costs are so high in the US. It doesn't appear to be any one factor that people commonly blame.
Fundamentally, they don't need to be expensive; via private medical tourism, you can get any sort of scan at a fraction of the US cost.
Fundamentally, they don't need to be expensive; via private medical tourism, you can get any sort of scan at a fraction of the US cost.