Preparation

If your doctor has ordered or written you a prescription for an ultrasound, that is considered a diagnostic ultrasound. An ultrasound uses high frequency sound waves that bounce off your anatomy to produce detailed pictures of the internal structures of your body.

Your appointment cost covers the medical information obtained by our trained and certified ultrasound technologists, the time involved in obtaining this information, to have your images read by our Indiana board certified radiologist, and for the radiologists report to be sent to your provider.

You must bring with your drivers license or other form of ID and the prescription your doctor has written.

Hospitals and outpatient facilities charge the amount they charge for their services because they know they will not recoup all of their costs from an insurance company. Charging a larger amount normally produces a larger amount reimbursed. At Premiere, we don’t bill insurance companies. We don’t have to worry about getting reimbursed. Plus, we don’t have all of the overhead like a hospital does.

Probably not. It will be better. Our front door is steps from the parking lot, we’ll offer you some water, coffee and most likely a donut – after your ultrasound of course. Our ultrasound machine is the exact same that is used in most hospitals and our registered diagnostic medical sonographer has over 25 years experience.

Typically it can take 48 – 72 hours before we can fax a report over to your physician.

We will accept cash and credit cards.

Each Ultrasound exam requires a different preparation. Following are the most common examinations and preps:

Drink 32 ounces of water (4 large glasses) 45 minutes before your scheduled appointment time. Do not urinate until the examination is complete. A full bladder provides a "window" through which your anatomy may be best imaged. If your bladder is not full, you may be required to wait or reschedule your exam for another time.

These examinations are usually scheduled in the early morning hours. You must have had a fat free supper the night before, then nothing to eat or drink for at least eight hours before your appointment time. You may take medications with small amounts of water.

Drink 32 ounces of water (4 large glasses) 45 minutes before your scheduled appointment time. Do not urinate until the examination is complete. A full bladder provides a "window" through which your anatomy may be best imaged. If your bladder is not full, you may be required to wait or reschedule your exam for another time.

Nothing to eat or drink for 12 hours before your appointment time. You make take medications with small amounts of water.

Drink 12 ounces of water immediately before appointment time.

No preparation required