New Zealanders are paying over the odds for radiology scans compared to Australia, the UK and some other countries.
An ACC review released for the first time to RNZ shows it is paying 40 percent more than across the Tasman, as demand for scans rockets up ACC has now frozen the amount it pays to private radiology companies
It's also told RNZ it is investigating ways it might change its funding model.
Phil Pennington is looking into this as part of a series about radiology and what it shows about the private sector pressures ramping up on public hospitals and agencies.
