But as insurance companies pay for more of these scans, and the prices have come down, there are more average people in the waiting room. Critics say these unwarranted tests waste money, cause false alarm and put a strain on the rest of the health system. But business is booming. At HealthView, nestled among plastic surgeons' offices in this sunny and posh place where the palm tree and the Lexus are part of the landscape, thousands of patients have sat in this multimedia command center to see what their CT scans have found. CEOs tell other CEOs.
Actors tell actors.
And wives tell husbands. In California, the patients range from the rich and famous to Los Angeles beat cops. At Walter Reed Army Medical Center near Washington, where Eisenberg works with the military, doctors scan everyone from soldiers to members of Congress. I came to HealthView to write a story about these inward explorations. And now, seeing my aorta bulge, I come to understand what people pay for.