Get MRI Now, a healthcare technology platform that provides physician-authorized MRI referrals directly from a patient's phone in seconds, has expanded its services beyond Florida into nine additional states: Texas, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Illinois, Colorado, New York, and New Jersey. The announcement, made on September 10, 2026, follows a year of successful operation in Florida, where the platform connected thousands of patients with same-day imaging access without the need for an office visit, a referral appointment, or extended waiting periods.
The expansion is significant because it addresses a nationwide crisis in diagnostic imaging. Hospitals across the country report that routine MRI appointments often take two to three weeks or more to schedule, with nearly half of all MRI orders delayed beyond their originally expected date. By bringing its model to a combined population of more than 140 million Americans across ten states, Get MRI Now aims to close this gap. The platform eliminates traditional bottlenecks by offering a flat $49.95 fee for a physician-authorized referral, with no office-visit copays, no physical therapy prerequisites, and no waiting weeks for an appointment just to request a scan.
Florida served as a proving ground for the model. According to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, ACA marketplace premiums in the state rose an average of 34.1% for 2026, from $648 to $867 per month, and roughly 2.5 million Floridians under 65 remain uninsured, based on U.S. Census Bureau and FL Health Charts data from 2024. These factors left millions facing higher out-of-pocket costs for every step of the traditional referral process. Get MRI Now's first year in Florida demonstrated that removing the office-visit bottleneck gets patients to a scan faster and for less money. The company is now applying that same approach in states facing comparable coverage gaps and scheduling backlogs.
The process is straightforward: patients visit GetMRINow.com from any device, select the body part causing concern, answer a short series of targeted medical questions, and receive an official, physician-authorized MRI referral within seconds. They can then use the referral at a partner imaging center the same day, if needed. Every request is reviewed by a panel of board-certified physicians, each licensed in the state where the patient is located. This ensures full compliance with each state's medical licensing and telehealth standards. Dr. Marie Jones, a board-certified Florida physician on the Get MRI Now Medical Review Panel, emphasized, 'Whether a patient is in Orlando or Austin, the standard of review doesn't change: a board-certified physician licensed in that state evaluates every request before a referral is issued. Expanding to nine new states means a lot more families can get an answer about what's wrong with them in minutes instead of weeks.'
The implications for patients and the healthcare system are substantial. For families like a working parent in Casselberry, Florida, who injures their back lifting a child, the traditional path involves finding childcare, taking time off work for multiple appointments, X-rays, six weeks of physical therapy, and repeat visits just to justify an MRI referral that may still be denied. With Get MRI Now, that same parent can complete the referral process from their phone during a lunch break and schedule a scan the same day. This relief is now available to families in major metropolitan areas such as Austin, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Chicago, Denver, New York City, and Newark, as well as communities across all ten states. New imaging center partnerships are being added on a rolling basis to expand same-day availability. For more information, visit www.GetMRINow.com.
