Get MRI Now, a healthcare technology platform that provides physician-authorized MRI referrals without an office visit, 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, marks a significant scaling of a model that aims to address nationwide diagnostic imaging delays and rising insurance costs. With this expansion, the platform now serves a combined population of more than 140 million Americans across ten states.
The move comes at a critical time. Hospitals across the country report that routine MRI appointments often require two to three weeks or more to schedule, with nearly half of all MRI orders delayed beyond their expected date. These delays can postpone diagnoses and treatment, potentially worsening health outcomes. Get MRI Now's model, which eliminates the need for a referral appointment and provides a physician-reviewed authorization in seconds, seeks to close that gap. The company first launched in Florida in 2025 to prove the concept before scaling.
Florida offered a clear test case. 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. Additionally, roughly 2.5 million Floridians under 65 remain uninsured, based on U.S. Census Bureau and FL Health Charts data from 2024. These factors leave 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 model in nine additional 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 for a flat $49.95 platform fee. They can then use the referral at a partner imaging center the same day, if needed. There are no office-visit copays, no physical therapy prerequisites, and no waiting weeks for an appointment just to request a scan. New imaging center partnerships are being added in each state on a rolling basis to expand same-day availability.
Every request is reviewed by a panel of board-certified physicians, each licensed in the state where the patient is located, based on the symptoms the patient presents. Patients receive a legitimate medical authorization, not a workaround, that is accepted at partner imaging centers in that state. Get MRI Now maintains full compliance with each state's medical licensing and telehealth standards as it expands. 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 real-world impact could be substantial. Consider 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—all before a diagnosis is possible. With Get MRI Now, that same parent completes the referral process from their phone during a lunch break, pays a flat $49.95 fee, and schedules a scan at a nearby imaging center the same day. That relief is now available to families in Austin, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Chicago, Denver, New York City, Newark, and communities across all ten states.
For patients, the service offers a direct path to imaging. Imaging centers and clinics interested in partnerships can visit GetMRINow.com/contact to discuss joining the network. Get MRI Now is a healthcare technology platform that connects patients with a panel of board-certified, state-licensed physicians for fast, no-referral-appointment MRI authorization. Launched in Florida in 2025, the platform expanded in September 2026 into Texas, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Illinois, Colorado, New York, and New Jersey. Get MRI Now is designed to reduce diagnostic delays, lower out-of-pocket costs, and give patients a direct, physician-reviewed path to the imaging they need. For more information, visit www.GetMRINow.com.
