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Compare public coverage, eligibility, wait times, what the quoted price includes, add-on fees, medicine costs, reporting fees and whether insurance or a provincial plan applies.

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This page was last updated on 2026-05-12. TreatCompare marks Canada pages as validation pages until province, city and provider tables have enough search evidence to deepen.

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Canada Surgery Wait Times

Compare Canadian surgery wait-time context, cataracts, MRI access, private options and what patients should check by province.

Last updated 2026-05-12. Prices in CAD.

Province-led

wait-time reporting

CIHI

core national source

Cataract/MRI

first validation pages

Citable summary

Canada surgery pages should be built around wait-time intent first, then private price ranges where private payment is legal and available.

Scraped provider and source evidence

Latest Canada scraper run: May 12, 2026. This page has 11 relevant signals, including 8 captured CAD price points.

Provider/source	Item	Price/status	Location	Signal type
Canada Diagnostic BC	MRI scan	$675 CAD	BC	published price
Canada Diagnostic BC	MRI contrast	$375 CAD	BC	published price
Canada Diagnostic Centres	MRI scan	$250 CAD	AB	published price
Canada Diagnostic Centres	MRI contrast	$250 CAD	AB	published price
Canmax Medical Imaging	MRI scan	$200 CAD	ON	published price
Canmax Medical Imaging	MRI contrast	$200 CAD	ON	published price
Elysian Health Imaging	MRI scan	$325 CAD	BC	published price
Elysian Health Imaging	MRI contrast	$325 CAD	BC	published price
CIHI Wait Times	Wait Time	Mentioned in crawlable text; no nearby price captured	Canada	official coverage signal
CIHI Wait Times	Cataract surgery	Mentioned in crawlable text; no nearby price captured	Canada	official coverage signal
MedRay Imaging	MRI scan	Mentioned in crawlable text; no nearby price captured	Coquitlam, BC	service availability

Method: Fetches public Canadian provider and official programme pages, then extracts healthcare price amounts only when CAD prices appear near relevant treatment terms. Otherwise it stores service availability or official coverage signals for manual review.

Next actions

Compare the public route, private price and update path

Canada pages should make the practical next click obvious: coverage, local cost, related comparison page, source methodology or a price update.

Cataract surgeryWait times and private cost context.Private MRIScan cost and access questions.Private healthcare guideHow public and private routes interact.Submit a price updateSend a Canada quote, package fee or correction.Ask for verificationRequest editorial or reviewer checking for this page.How data is checkedSee TreatCompare price and source methodology.

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What to compare

Area	Detail	Cost / funding	Note
Cataract surgery	High-volume procedure with public wait-time reporting and private price interest.	Private cost varies by province	Build out first.
MRI	Public imaging waits create private scan search demand.	$500-$1,000+ guide range	Province rules matter.
Other procedures	Hip, knee and hernia can follow if impressions appear.	TBD	Do not overbuild before validation.

Related Canada pages

Cataract surgery

Wait times and private cost context.

Private MRI

Scan cost and access questions.

Private healthcare guide

How public and private routes interact.

Canada validation note

This is a first-pass Canada validation page. It is designed to test search demand before building deeper provider, province and city datasets. TreatCompare will deepen pages that show impressions, clicks, AI referrals or long-session behaviour.

Sources & further reading

CIHI Wait Times — Canadian wait-time reporting for priority procedures.