Get MRI Now Expands No-Referral MRI Access to Nine New States, Including Texas

Get MRI Now, a healthcare technology platform that provides physician-authorized MRI referrals directly from a smartphone, has expanded its services beyond Florida into nine additional states, including Texas. The expansion, announced September 10, 2026, brings the company's model—no referral appointment, no copay, and physician-reviewed authorization in seconds—to a combined population of more than 140 million Americans across ten states. The move comes as diagnostic imaging delays and rising insurance costs continue to burden patients nationwide.

Nationally, hospitals 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 originally expected date. Get MRI Now was built to close that gap, launching first in Florida to prove the model before scaling. Florida offered a clear test case: ACA marketplace premiums in the state rose an average of 34.1% for 2026, from $648 to $867 per month, according to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, and roughly 2.5 million Floridians under 65 remain uninsured, per U.S. Census Bureau and FL Health Charts data from 2024. The company's first year in Florida showed that removing the office-visit bottleneck gets patients to a scan faster and for less money.

The platform is now available in Florida, Texas, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Illinois, Colorado, New York, and New Jersey. New imaging center partnerships are being added in each state on a rolling basis to expand same-day availability. 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. The referral can be used 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.

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 presented. Patients receive a legitimate medical authorization 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. "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," said Dr. Marie Jones, a board-certified Florida physician on the Get MRI Now Medical Review Panel. "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."

For Texas, the expansion could significantly impact residents facing similar coverage gaps and scheduling backlogs. A working parent in Austin who injures their back can now complete the referral process from their phone during a lunch break, pay the flat fee, and schedule a scan at a nearby imaging center the same day—avoiding multiple appointments, X-rays, and weeks of physical therapy just to justify an MRI referral. Imaging centers and clinics interested in partnering can visit GetMRINow.com/contact to discuss partnerships and reach more patients. As Get MRI Now continues to build its partner network across all ten states, it aims to reduce diagnostic delays, lower out-of-pocket costs, and give patients a direct, physician-reviewed path to the imaging they need.