Bupa Outpatient MRI Network
Thank you for your interest in joining our Outpatient MRI Network.
If your hospital or clinic wishes to join the network for the first time, please check back in August. We're temporarily pausing new applications until then, while we renew the existing network. Thank you for your patience.
We’re committed to providing our customers with access to high quality, best value healthcare. When our customers need an MRI scan, we’ll offer them a choice of hospitals and clinics from our specialist MRI network.
If you’d like to offer outpatient MRI services to Bupa patients, you need to be a member of our Outpatient MRI Network. This reassures our customers, and referring clinicians, that their scans will be delivered by hospitals and clinics which meet our quality standards.
Entry criteria
To make sure that our customers continue to receive best value scanning, each hospital or clinic joining the MRI Network needs to agree to fees which include scanning, reporting, contrast and radiologist fees. These have been set to make sure that the fees we pay for MRI scanning are consistent and reasonable, and the prices reflect current market levels and current overall levels in the use of MRI scanning.
- All members of the network need to agree to use industry standard CCSD codes for MRI scans
If you’d like your hospital or clinic to join the Outpatient MRI Network please follow these three steps:
Please review the terms and conditions
By applying to join the network, you are agreeing to theTerms and conditions (PDF 0.2MB)
Confidentiality Guidelines
We’ll only use the information that you submit to us as part of this process for the purposes of this application, and in our ongoing relationship in the event that you become Bupa recognised.
We’ve indicated in the application form which information may be shared with Bupa customers on our website and through other media. You have the opportunity to give your permission for this as you complete the application form.
Complete the online tender application.
If your hospital or clinic wishes to join the network for the first time, please check back in August. We're temporarily pausing new applications until then, while we renew the existing network. Thank you for your patience.
We’ll send you the Healthcare Services Agreement for Bupa MRI services via adobe e-sign, which allows you to add your signature electronically. Please read the agreement carefully and sign where indicated. Once you’ve done this, it’ll be sent back to Bupa to complete. Then we’ll email you the completed Healthcare Services Agreement for Bupa MRI services for your records.
How to get in touch
Email us
If you've any other questions about the Outpatient MRI Network please email us at [email protected]
Please be aware that information you send to this email address may not be secure unless you send us your email through Egress.
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We renew our network every three years so we can make sure that we’re offering our customers access to high quality, best value scans. Agreements will run until June 2024.
Any Bupa recognised hospital or clinic providing MRI scanning services can apply to join the network.
Hospitals and clinics included in the network will have Out-patient MRI services displayed on their Finder profile (finder.bupa.co.uk). Finder is our online directory of healthcare professionals and services which receives 110,000 visits a week from our customers, GPs and the general public. It’s a great way to market the services hospitals and clinics offer.
Yes. All hospitals and clinics need to have completed a Bupa Core Quality Assessment within the last three years to confirm that they meet the network quality criteria.
We’ll be in touch separately if your hospital or clinic needs to complete this assessment.
If we’re able to include your hospital(s) or clinic(s) in the network, we’ll countersign the Healthcare Services Agreement and email you a copy. If we’re unable to include your hospital(s) or clinic(s) in the network, we’ll write to let you know and explain the next steps.
All hospitals and clinics that meet the quality standards, agree to charge standard prices and sign up to our Healthcare Services Agreement for Out-patient MRI services will be included in the network.
We’ll email you a copy of the Healthcare Services Agreement for Out-patient MRI services with your details included in it. All you’ll need to do is click on the ‘review and sign’ link in the email. You don’t need any special software and can sign the agreement securely from any computer or device using Adobe Sign, which is complies with all E-signature laws.
When a Bupa patient calls us to pre-authorise an MRI scan, we’ll let them know about the options available to them. We’ll also encourage them to use Finder, our online directory of healthcare professionals and healthcare services, to look up any hospitals or clinics that they’re considering so they can make an informed choice about where to have their scan.
We’ve reviewed prices for MRI scans across the private, NHS and self pay sectors and set our fees to enable hospitals and clinics to provide these services while ensuring customers’ premiums remain affordable. As part of this year’s review, we’ve amended the fees we pay to better reflect standard radiology practice. As a result, we’ve increased fees for two, three and four or more body part scans; fees for a single body part have decreased slightly. We’re also introducing a new coding structure for cardiac MRI to bring these scans in line with clinical guidelines and self-pay rates to make sure we continue to offer good value to Bupa patients.
No. As part of joining the network, all hospitals and clinics agree to the prices which will be in place until the network renews again in 2024.
