BoneMRI receives Medicare billing code

Expanding access for US patients and providers to radiation-free bone imaging

Utrecht, April 29, 2025 – As of April 1st, 2025, BoneMRI has been officially assigned a Medicare billing code (HCPCS G0566). This marks a significant step forward in expanding the access of BoneMRI across the United States.

The new code, G0566, is defined as: “3D radiodensity-value bone imaging, algorithm derived, from previous magnetic resonance examination of the same anatomy”.

This designation establishes a clear reimbursement pathway for BoneMRI in the outpatient hospital setting. The procedure has been placed in APC 5721 (Level 1 Diagnostic Tests and Related Services) for hospital outpatient departments.

With this new code in place, it is now easier for hospitals and physicians to adopt and offer BoneMRI. The move not only broadens patient access nationwide, but also validates BoneMRI as a reimbursable, cutting-edge diagnostic tool.

MRIguidance is proud to bring radiation-free bone imaging one step closer to becoming the new standard of care offering safe, accurate diagnostic solutions for both healthcare professionals and patients.

What this means for hospitals

  • Medicare Recognized: BoneMRI is now a billable outpatient service under Medicare
  • Simplified Coding: Use G0566 when reporting BoneMRI performed from existing MRI datasets
  • No Additional Imaging Required: Derives data from prior MRI of the same anatomy

About BoneMRI

BoneMRI is the only AI-enabled software solution that provides radiation-free, CT-like images through MRI scans for all spine and pelvic anatomies, with sub-millimetre quantitative equivalence to CT scans, for both adults and adolescents.

It addresses the gap between high-resolution bone imaging and radiation safety, providing a single, MRI-based solution for comprehensive musculoskeletal assessments. It enhances clinical decision-making and improves diagnostic workflows, while responding to healthcare efficiency demands.

Clinical Evidence

Utrecht, February 2026 – MRIguidance has released a new update to BoneMRI, making the solution easier to use across the hospital workflow while expanding compatibility with scanners, systems, and IT environments.

A key feature of the release is new stitching functionality, which allows clinicians to generate combined anatomical regions of e.g. the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, into a single, continuous image, providing total spine views. This enables assessment of pathology across multiple spinal regions without switching between image series, which might improve clinical confidence by visualizing anatomical relationships in one comprehensive view, and reduce interpretation time by eliminating manual cross-referencing between sub-regions.

The update also introduces extended compatibility across imaging platforms and infrastructure. BoneMRI now supports pelvic region imaging across the full range of GE, Siemens, and Philips MRI scanners at both 1.5T and 3T. In addition, the software expands support for Enhanced DICOM processing and is now compatible with Windows Server 2025 OS via the MRIguidance Gateway.

These improvements enhance interoperability with MRI scanners and DICOM inputs, simplify coordination with hospital IT departments, and broaden anatomical and vendor coverage to support smoother clinical adoption.

The release also includes additional support and security enhancements.

The latest BoneMRI update benefits radiologists, MR technologists, IT teams, and surgeons, further strengthening BoneMRI’s role in efficient, radiation-free bone imaging across clinical workflows.

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