If you have implants, look for a mammography center adept at X-raying breasts with implants. Extra views will be taken. The best centers now ask patients if they have implants. Centers that don't read 1,000 or more mammograms a year may charge more to each patient to defray the cost of the machines. Others bill charges they incur, while some consider mammography to be a loss item paid for in part with profits from other medical procedures.
Insurance policies vary.
In Michigan, Medicare covers the cost for older women. Medicaid does not cover mammograms unless a doctor prescribes one for diagnostic purposes after something suspicious is found.