Medical Imaging Services in Kansas City

AdventHealth, formerly Shawnee Mission Health, has three medical imaging locations in Shawnee Mission, South Overland Park, and Lenexa, and all are committed to supporting your wellness with fast and accurate diagnostic and screening tests. Equipped with leading technologies and staffed by our highly trained experts, our medical imaging centers in the Kansas City area provide critical answers when you need them the most. Our advanced Imaging Care includes:

• Bone Densitometry (DXA) Scans are simple, non-invasive procedures that detect bone thinning and mineral loss to detect or evaluate osteoporosis or calculate your risk of developing bone fractures.
• Computed Tomography (CT) Scans provide us with specialized images of your brain, bones, organs, and soft-tissue structures that are fast, non-invasive, and painless.
• Echocardiograms are a kind of ultrasound that help us to identify heart abnormalities using sound waves that produce images.
• Fluoroscopy creates a real-time, continuous moving image using a different form of X-ray and can help your care team make a faster and more accurate diagnosis.
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scans are safe and non-invasive imaging tests that provide us with detailed pictures of your organs, soft tissues, bones, and other structures.
• Mammography helps your care team detect changes in the breasts to catch breast cancer in its earliest stages, when we can better treat you. We may recommend annual screening mammograms if you’re over 40 or have certain risk factors.
• Nuclear Medicine uses tiny, safe amounts of radioactive material to help us diagnose and care for conditions like cancer or heart disease with greater precision.
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scans can be combined with a CT scan to help us diagnose and examine tumors more quickly and effectively, assessing whether it's cancerous or noncancerous.
• Ultrasounds use non-invasive sound waves instead of radiation to create clear images of the inside of your body.
• X-rays, also called radiography, are quick, non-invasive tests that use an X-ray beam to create detailed images of the inside of your body. They’re often used to detect broken bones.

Whether it’s providing a special low-dose CT scan to screen for lung cancer or increasing your comfort during the MRI testing process through the use of calming ambient lighting, we’ll work to make your exam as smooth and beneficial as possible.

We want to make your visit as smooth as possible. Before your screening or diagnostic exam, we’ll discuss your medical history, any allergies you may have, and whether or not you experience claustrophobia.

While each imaging test is different, most exams last between 30 minutes and an hour. We may ask you to remove metal jewelry or electronic devices before your exam, and you may need to change into a gown or scrubs. In some cases, we’ll ask you to drink a liquid called a contrast or radiotracer to help give us a clearer look inside your body. Or, we may inject this liquid intravenously. In any case, you can trust that your procedure will be non-invasive or minimally invasive, which means your recovery will be short and you’ll be back to your life, fast.

Our imaging services team will be right here to guide you from start to finish. After your exam, our radiologists will give your physician the results within 48 hours. If you have any questions, just ask. Helping you find answers is what we’re here for.

To learn more about what to expect for your individual test, visit us or talk to your doctor.

Get started with your exam today by calling Centralized Scheduling at Call913-676-2505.

For mammography, start by Scheduling An Appointment.

We accept most insurance plans and, with most insurance policies, can help your patient obtain any needed pre-authorization.

For more information on this, or to verify your insurance coverage, call 913-676-2505.

AdventHealth Shawnee Mission does NOT participate with the following (this is NOT a fully inclusive list):
BCBSKC High Performing Network (with "HPN" in suitcase); BCBS-Kansas Solutions Exchange; BCBS Premier Blue, BCBS-KC’s Blue Access,
CIGNA Connect-Exchange, "Cigna SureFit", “CIGNA Local Plus”, "Humana 'Community' Medicare", Humana PPO-X Exchange;
UHC CORE; UHC ACA Individual Exchange
MO Medicaid: Healthy Blue (Fka Missouri Care), Home State Health, United Community-MO Medicaid;
MEDICA CONNECT and MEDICA SELECT, HomeState Wellcare Allwell.