White House Proposes Cutting Hospital Payments for Scans ^33.9%

NOTUS - By Paige Winfield Cunningham - 7/2/2026, 12:45 PM

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Seniors could pay less starting in January for X-rays, ultrasounds, MRIs or other scans administered in a hospital under a proposal released Thursday by the Trump administration. Hospitals would no longer be able to collect bigger Medicare payments than doctors do for routine imaging services, putting them on par with what it pays... more