Mobile C-Arm Financing

Rates from 5.49% APR

Qualified surgical practices and ASCs finance new or refurbished C-arms from 5.49% APR at a fixed payment. A six-figure OEC Elite or Ziehm becomes a predictable monthly line for the full 36 to 84 month term.

Terms up to 84 months

A C-arm earns for eight to ten years, so we structure terms up to 84 months to keep the payment light against a long useful life. Match the term to the machine, not to an arbitrary schedule.

500+ lenders, all credit profiles

One application reaches our entire US lender network. Established surgical groups get the best pricing, and practices with challenged credit still get funded. Big-ticket imaging is exactly where our lender depth pays off.

The payment disappears into case volume

For a busy pain, ortho, or podiatry program, the fluoro-guided procedures a C-arm enables generate far more than the financing costs. Bring the cases in-house and the payment becomes a rounding error.

Fluoroscopy is not a nice-to-have in these specialties, it is the workflow. Pain management runs on image guidance: interlaminar and transforaminal epidural steroid injections, medial branch blocks, radiofrequency ablation, kyphoplasty, and spinal cord stimulator trials all want live fluoro. Orthopedics uses it for reductions, fracture fixation, and hardware placement. Podiatric surgeons image extremities intraoperatively, frequently with a mini C-arm. Send those cases to a hospital and you give away both the schedule control and, in an ASC, the facility revenue.

The equipment tiers are clear. The GE OEC Elite CFD is the current flat-detector standard, with excellent low-dose imaging and a long service life. The Ziehm Vision RFD competes directly on flat-detector quality and a compact footprint. The GE OEC 9900 Elite remains the most financed refurbished unit in the country, a proven image-intensifier workhorse at a fraction of new-unit cost. For extremity-focused podiatry and hand work, a Hologic Fluoroscan mini C-arm delivers low-dose imaging in a small package.

Owning the C-arm means you control the block schedule, keep the facility fee in your ASC, and stop bending your case calendar around hospital availability. Financing lets you buy the tier your case mix actually justifies instead of the one this quarter's cash allows.

Actual C-arm deals we placed for surgical and pain practices across the US. Rates reflect each file and are not guaranteed offers.

• Houston, TX pain management group, 13 years: GE OEC Elite CFD, $185,000. Credit 744, 5.74% APR, 66 months, 10% down.
• Orthopedic practice, 22 years: new Ziehm Vision RFD, $210,000. Credit 768, 5.49% APR, 72 months, 15% down.
• Podiatric surgeon, 9 years: refurbished GE OEC 9900 Elite, $74,000. Credit 692, 6.49% APR, 54 months, $6,000 down.
• Solo pain physician, 4 years open: refurbished GE OEC 9900 Elite, $92,000. Credit 705, 6.24% APR, 60 months, 10% down.

The Houston group is the case study we point to. They financed a $185,000 OEC Elite, brought their injection and RFA volume in-house, and the fluoro-guided caseload made the monthly payment look like a rounding error inside a quarter. When the machine enables the procedures that pay the practice, the financing question answers itself.

A C-arm does not bill on its own, it unlocks a caseload. Count the fluoro-guided procedures you currently refer out or squeeze into hospital time: epidural steroid injections, RFA, kyphoplasty, joint injections, fracture work. Multiply a realistic monthly volume by your professional collection, and in an ASC add the facility fee, then compare that to the financing payment. For a busy pain or ortho program the machine clears its payment many times over, which is why physicians describe the monthly as a rounding error.

The tax side is where big-ticket imaging shines. Section 179 lets you deduct the full purchase price of qualifying equipment in the year it is placed in service, with an annual cap well above $1,000,000, so a $185,000 C-arm can be fully deducted this year. Financed equipment qualifies, so you deduct the entire price now while paying over 66 or 72 months. Layer in bonus depreciation and the first-year write-off on a six-figure machine can be substantial.

Run the exact numbers with your CPA, since the interaction of Section 179 and bonus depreciation depends on your entity and total placements. The pattern is powerful at this price: high case margin, a large first-year deduction, and a fixed payment the caseload easily absorbs.

Big tickets do not have to mean big paperwork. Send a one-page application and your vendor quote for the OEC Elite, Ziehm, refurbished OEC 9900, or mini C-arm, plus the table and accessories if you are adding them. Application-only approvals run up to $250,000, which covers most C-arm requests with no tax returns.

That file goes to our 500+ US lenders and comes back with options, usually the same business day, even on six-figure requests, because a C-arm is strong collateral that lenders understand. You pick the term, 36 to 84 months, from 5.49% APR for qualified practices, matched to a machine that will serve you for the better part of a decade. We can also structure deferred or step payments so the first months are light while you ramp case volume in a new suite.

New surgical practices, established pain and ortho groups, ASCs, and physicians with challenged credit all move through the same process. Once you accept, funding follows within a few business days and the vendor is paid so your install and first block day stay on schedule. One application, the full lender network, a term that fits the equipment, and a C-arm that starts earning the day it rolls into the suite.

How much does it cost to finance a mobile C-arm?

A refurbished GE OEC 9900 Elite starts around $60,000 to $90,000, a new GE OEC Elite or Ziehm Vision RFD with a flat detector runs $150,000 to $250,000, and a mini C-arm for podiatry and extremities sits lower. On a 66 month term from 5.49% APR, a $185,000 OEC Elite lands near $3,100 a month before case revenue.

New OEC Elite or refurbished OEC 9900. Which should I finance?

Both are fully financeable and we place plenty of each. A new GE OEC Elite CFD or Ziehm Vision RFD gives you flat-detector image quality and the longest service runway. A refurbished OEC 9900 Elite is a proven workhorse at roughly half the price, which suits a solo physician or a new ASC watching capital.

Do you finance C-arms for pain, ortho, and podiatry ASCs?

Yes, across all three. Pain management uses fluoro for epidural steroid injections, RFA, and kyphoplasty; orthopedics for fracture fixation and hardware placement; podiatry often for extremity and mini C-arm work. We fund the full-size and mini units, plus the table and accessories, on one agreement.

This is a big-ticket item. Can a newer or credit-challenged practice qualify?

Often yes. A C-arm is strong collateral, which helps lenders get comfortable, and with 500+ lenders we can place higher tickets across all credit profiles. Term and structure flex with the file, and we can build deferred payments so the machine ramps case volume before the first full payment.

How fast can we get the C-arm funded and installed?

Application-only approvals up to $250,000 often come back the same business day, and funding follows within a few business days of accepting terms. When your OR or procedure suite is ready, we make sure financing is not the thing holding up the install.