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Medical imaging platform Scan.com has raised $220 million to build what it calls the largest imaging network in the U.S. The company aims to replace the current slow, fax-dependent system with a single national API connecting payers, providers, and patients to quality-checked imaging centers. With 85% of scans still booked by fax or phone, the overhaul is long overdue.
Medical imaging platform Scan.com has secured $220 million in combined equity and debt financing — including a $90 million Series C round led by Noteus Partners — to build what it's calling the largest medical imaging network in the U.S. The company, originally launched in the U.K. in 2017 and expanded stateside in 2023, connects payers, providers, and patients to imaging centers through a single national API that integrates live with scheduling systems and EMRs.
The U.S. medical imaging landscape is notoriously fragmented: roughly 600 million scans are performed annually, yet 85% are still booked via fax or phone, patients often wait weeks for results, and a national radiologist and technologist shortage is adding further pressure on the system. Scan.com's CEO likens the opportunity to what Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp did for lab testing — but for imaging, decades later. The company plans to use the funds to expand its provider network and invest in agentic AI infrastructure for autonomous scheduling and documentation.
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Why it matters: A fragmented, offline imaging system delays diagnoses and drives up costs. If Scan.com delivers on its vision, it could meaningfully reduce wait times and improve access to diagnostics for millions of Americans — a systemic shift with real clinical consequences.
