Volume and image quality live at the cart. Cart-based ultrasound systems sit at the top of the clinical capability ladder because they run the largest displays, accept the most probes simultaneously, house the most powerful processing hardware, and deliver the image depth and frame rate that a full diagnostic program demands. A well-specified cart serves a single room at full volume, and a shared-service cart moves between two or three rooms on a rotating schedule. Both models generate the kind of consistent, predictable scan revenue that makes cart-based systems straightforward to finance, provided the facility and the caseload justify the capital commitment.
We finance cart-based ultrasound systems for imaging centers, hospital department programs, large group practices, and shared-service operators. Cart systems from major manufacturers in a full diagnostic configuration price between $100,000 and $300,000 or more at the premium end. Used and refurbished carts are available at 40 to 65 percent of those figures for systems two to five years old in good service condition. We handle new and pre-owned in the same program, and deal size for cart systems typically qualifies comfortably for our standard programs. Our minimum is $50,000, and most cart transactions run well above it.