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Yes — for a routine screening mammogram, in most states. Federal law under the Mammography Quality Standards Act lets an FDA-certified facility screen you without a referring clinician; they then send your results directly to you. This has been true for years and most people were simply never told. Some states add their own rule — New York requires a written order even for screening — and we mark those locations clearly so you are never sent somewhere expecting to walk in when you cannot.

The exam is about twenty minutes and always was. What Mammo Express removes is the queue in front of it: the wait for a clinician appointment, the visit itself, the wait for the referral to reach the imaging centre, and the wait for a slot. For most people that is weeks, sometimes months, compressed into the minute it takes to pick a time.

Under the Affordable Care Act, most private plans and Medicare cover screening mammography with no copay, no deductible and no coinsurance at an in-network facility. Booking yourself also removes the office-visit copay you would otherwise pay purely to be told yes. Check your own plan, and ask the location for their self-pay price if you are uninsured.

Then you need a diagnostic mammogram rather than a screening one, and that does require a clinician’s order. Please contact a clinician instead of booking a screening appointment. It is not a reason to panic and it is a reason not to wait.

No. The facility sends results directly to you in plain language — a federal requirement. Mammo Express does not receive, store or have access to your images or your results. We schedule; we do not read.