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Same trip.
Three fares.

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Same scan, three centers

Three South Carolina tickets

One CT scan of the abdomen, three centers near Lexington
Like three travelers in the same row, holding very different tickets.
CT scan of the abdomen, no contrast
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The setup
Three people in the Midlands need the same scan.
A CT of the abdomen. Same machine type, same medical standards.
Two fares
Two book at nearby centers and pay almost the same.
A few dollars apart. So far, so reasonable.
The third
The third books across town and pays far more.
Nothing about the scan is different. Only the building.
The gap
Same scan. Nearly four times the price.
That gap is the whole story, and it repeats across almost every test.

On a flight we shrug and blame the timing. For a scan, there is no good reason for the gap at all.

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