The Private Equity Stakeholder Project estimates there were 1,029 such transactions across the entire healthcare sector last year. 

Bipartisan lawmakers previously introduced the No Surprises Act Enforcement Act last summer, seeking to close loopholes in the landmark legislation. 

Members of Congress caution that the fee could be especially consequential for rural and urban safety net hospitals, which could be pushed “to their financial brink” if they are required to absorb the charge.

Experts believe the imaging agent "has the potential to meaningfully advance early diagnosis, change the treatment paradigm and improve patient outcomes."

The two join several others that have also done so in 2026 including Alabama, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Rhode Island and South Carolina. 

AdvaMed, a medtech industry group made up of medical imaging companies, says tariffs are having a major impact for all vendors. 

The federal payment program and its third-party partner, Acumen LLC, are now sending surveys to imaging groups that administered 10 or more screening mammograms in 2024. 

Summerlin Hospital recently sent letters to patients who received breast scans there sometime between October 2023 and December 2025. 

Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and John Boozman, R-Ark., have introduced legislation to lift "arbitrary" caps on compensation for therapeutic and diagnostic medical physicists working in the VA.