Prices here do vary a lot, and you certainly can end up paying 10x that price for a full body scan from an expensive provider with a bunch of extras (though judging by a couple, some of those extras are cheap/"free" (on the NHS) blood tests tacked on for no good reason other than to jack up the price).
[You can get full scans for significantly less too, at least down to $1300 - I haven't looked very thoroughly -, but most people opting for full body scans are not doing so to address a specific known issue, so the prices reflect that it's a luxury service that's rarely needed, and the price lists are full of pointless upsells]
If the 10x is for specific body parts, it might pay to take a short trip to do your MRI's rather than pay out of pocket where you are then.
10x is for specific body parts, largely due to the (predatory) disfunction of our health care insurance and for-profit care system. Even the x-ray I was required to have before an MRI, due to plate in my arm, was billed higher than your MRI. With that said, there are also private parties (e.g. not through health care provider) that offer full-body MRIs for only a grand or two; well, at least there were a decade or so, when we got one for my FIL.
Yes, if you go to an "imaging center" they typically cost less than at a hospital. Strangely, my doctor's referral was to the hospital not the imaging center so per my insurance that is where I had to go. My insurance and the doctor's practice and the hospital they sent me to were all owned by the same huge health organization... Hmmm.
Prices here do vary a lot, and you certainly can end up paying 10x that price for a full body scan from an expensive provider with a bunch of extras (though judging by a couple, some of those extras are cheap/"free" (on the NHS) blood tests tacked on for no good reason other than to jack up the price).
[You can get full scans for significantly less too, at least down to $1300 - I haven't looked very thoroughly -, but most people opting for full body scans are not doing so to address a specific known issue, so the prices reflect that it's a luxury service that's rarely needed, and the price lists are full of pointless upsells]
If the 10x is for specific body parts, it might pay to take a short trip to do your MRI's rather than pay out of pocket where you are then.