While private services come at a cost, unlike the NHS, which is free at the point of use, patients often receive results and treatments much faster than they would through NHS services. Scan.com services are accessible in clinics across the country, from Bath to Birmingham, Cheltenham to Colchester, reports the Express. Meanwhile, HCA Healthcare UK stands as another provider delivering private MRI scans and services. So that's when I started looking to find a private scan somehow. If I hadn't used Scan.com, if I hadn't got my own private scan, I could well have died.