A critical access hospital in Grafton, ND, has ramped up its social media marketing efforts to woo Canadian healthcare consumers seeking medical imaging services, according to a September 13 CBC news report.
Cross-border imaging at private clinics in the U.S. may be attractive for those facing long wait times for MRIs and other imaging and diagnostic services, according to the CBC's report. The Canadian news outlet noted that people may have to wait up to eight weeks for MRI, CT, or ultrasound scans.
Unity Medical Center in Grafton posts its prices for diagnostic imaging. Prices range from $1,000-$4,300 for a CT scan, $2,300-$5,000 for an MRI, and $320-$1,300 for an ultrasound. Unity advertises other diagnostic imaging services and prices as well.
The drive from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Grafton is about two hours each way.
![Images show the pectoralis muscles of a healthy male individual who never smoked (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 28.4; number of cigarette pack-years, 0; forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1], 97.6% predicted; FEV1: forced vital capacity [FVC] ratio, 0.71; pectoralis muscle area [PMA], 59.4 cm2; pectoralis muscle volume [PMV], 764 cm3) and a male individual with a smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; BMI, 27.5; number of cigarette pack-years, 43.2, FEV1, 48% predicted; FEV1:FVC, 0.56; PMA, 35 cm2; PMV, 480.8 cm3) from the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (i.e., CanCOLD) study. The CT image is shown in the axial plane. The PMV is automatically extracted using the developed deep learning model and overlayed onto the lungs for visual clarity.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/genkin.25LqljVF0y.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
