Yes. There is no charge for sending your imaging, for the consultant’s written review, or for the itemised estimate that comes with it. Costs begin only if you decide to proceed with treatment.

Because the operation is not fixed until a consultant has read your films. A range reflects the span between a straightforward case and a complex one for the same procedure. Once your plan is set, you receive a figure, in writing, before admission.

It matches the plan. If the plan is followed, the invoice reflects the estimate. Where a complication or an extended stay changes the plan, the additional items are charged at the rates already stated in your estimate — which is why the estimate is itemised rather than a single number.

That depends entirely on your policy, and it is a question for your insurer rather than for us. What IMC does is prepare complete bilingual documentation — the treatment plan, itemised invoice and discharge summary — in the format insurers normally ask for. We make no claim about whether any particular policy will pay.

The treating hospital, against its own itemised invoice. IMC does not collect treatment fees.

Nothing happens and nothing is owed. A substantial share of reviews end with the patient deciding to wait, or with the consultant recommending non-operative management. That is a normal outcome, not a failed enquiry.