Shared Medical Services

Name

Shared Medical Services

Legal name

Shared Medical Services, Inc.

Website

https://sharedmed.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mobile Diagnostic Imaging Services

NAICS

Diagnostic Imaging Centers (621512)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Mobile Imaging Services (HLAFAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Portable, Mobile & Point-of-Care Imaging Systems (HLAHABAL)

Keywords

• Mobile imaging services
• Diagnostic imaging solutions
• Mobile MRI services
• Mobile CT scanning
• PET/CT imaging

Headquarters

HQ city

Cottage Grove

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Mobile Imaging Rental Services: Provides mobile MRI, CT, PET/CT, and Cardiac PET/CT units on rented basis to healthcare facilities. Revenue generated through service fees for routed, parked, or interim mobile imaging solutions. No capital investment required from customers.
2. Modular Imaging Suites: Factory-built modular imaging facilities delivered and placed on customer sites. Revenue from permanent or semi-permanent imaging suite installations.
3. Technical Staffing: Provides trained technologists for mobile imaging operations, including co-staffed support blending SMS technologists with provider teams.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Shared Medical Services provides mobile and modular diagnostic imaging solutions delivered to healthcare facilities across the United States. Its core offerings include Mobile MRI, Mobile CT, Mobile PET/CT, and Mobile Cardiac PET/CT, deployed via three service models (routed, parked, interim) along with factory-built Modular Imaging Suites. The company operates the nation's largest OEM-certified mobile imaging fleet and supplies trained technologists to support customers without requiring capital investment in imaging equipment.

Product overview

Shared Medical Services provides mobile and modular diagnostic imaging solutions as a single unified service portfolio. The core offerings include Mobile MRI (wide bore 1.5T systems), Mobile CT (16-128 slice systems), Mobile PET/CT (digital and analog dual-modality), and Mobile Cardiac PET/CT (with Rubidium-82 and FLYRCADO support). These are delivered through three service models: Routed (scheduled rotations across multiple sites), Parked (dedicated full-time units at single facilities), and Interim (temporary coverage during downtime). The company also offers Modular Imaging Suites as factory-built permanent alternatives for CT, MRI, and PET/CT. Equipment is sourced from OEM partners including GE HealthCare, Siemens Healthineers, Philips, Canon, and United Imaging. The service model is completed by staffed or unstaffed deployment options, co-branding capabilities, and SOC 2/Joint Commission certified operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mobile MRI
• Mobile CT
• Mobile PET/CT

Quantifiable outcome

• First mobile deployment of digital PET/CT technology in the US market
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability7 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• OSF HealthCarecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 December 2025OSF HealthCare partnered with Shared Medical Services to deploy the mobile GE HealthCare Omni Legend Digital PET/CT system across its hospital network in Illinois. The first patient services began in Pontiac, with the system rotating among six OSF HealthCare hospitals to increase patient capacity and expand access to cancer and cardiac imaging in rural and urban communities.
• Nebraska MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 November 2024Nebraska Medicine partnered with SMS to deploy the Philips Mobile MR 5300 BlueSeal magnet - the first of its kind in the United States. This helium-free MRI technology increases access to care with advanced diagnostics for communities in both rural and urban areas. The partnership provides continuity across all magnets for technologists and increases patient satisfaction and capacity.
• HealthPartners/Park NicolletcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 August 2023Mammo A Go-Go mobile mammography program through partnership with HealthPartners and Park Nicollet Health Services. The program delivers breast cancer screening directly into communities, performing 30,000+ mammograms and detecting 25+ cancers in 2020 alone. SMS provides scalable, customizable mobile mammography units.
• GE HealthCarecoreTechnology or IntegrationOEM partnership for mobile imaging equipment including Omni Legend Digital PET/CT, Signa Horizon & Signa Voyager MRI, and Discovery IQ PET/CT systems. GE equipment is featured throughout SMS's largest OEM-certified mobile fleet.
• Siemens HealthineerscoreTechnology or IntegrationOEM partnership for MAGNETOM MRI systems (Avanto, Aera, Viato) and Biograph PET/CT systems (mCT, Horizon, Vision, Trinion). Siemens Healthineers equipment is part of SMS's multi-OEM fleet strategy.
• PhilipscoreTechnology or IntegrationOEM partnership for Philips MR 5300 BlueSeal helium-free MRI technology - first mobile deployment in the US. Also provides Ingenia Ambition MRI systems. SMS collaborates with Philips on innovation in mobile imaging solutions.
• United ImagingcoreTechnology or IntegrationOEM partnership for uMI 550 Digital PET/CT systems and uCT 780 CT scanners. United Imaging technology featured at RSNA 2025 booth demonstrating whole-body oncology imaging as well as advanced neurology and emerging cardiac applications.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• RadNet: RadNet is the largest U.S. outpatient imaging network, operating hundreds of fixed centers with AI-enabled radiology workflows. It serves a similar payer- and hospital-driven demand for advanced imaging, providing a reference for scale and competitive intensity in diagnostic imaging.
• Philips: Philips manufactures the MR 5300 BlueSeal helium-free MRI and Ingenia systems that anchor SMS's recent mobile deployments. As a major OEM with services capabilities, Philips is both a key supplier and a broad competitive reference for mobile-imaging economics.
• Siemens Healthineers: Siemens Healthineers is a global OEM of MRI (MAGNETOM), CT, and PET/CT (Biograph) systems with an enterprise services business. The company's Biograph Trinion and MAGNETOM platforms are part of SMS's fleet, making it a supplier and emerging services-side competitor.
• RAYUS Radiology: RAYUS Radiology (formerly Center for Diagnostic Imaging) is a national imaging-services operator combining fixed outpatient centers with mobile and on-site imaging. It addresses the same hospital and health-system buyer as SMS but with a broader fixed-site portfolio alongside mobile capability.
• MedQuest: MedQuest is a large U.S. outpatient imaging center operator with a model of partnering with hospital systems. It overlaps with SMS's hospital-channel go-to-market and provides comparable reference points on imaging-services scaling and capital-light deployment.
• US Radiology Specialists: US Radiology Specialists is a PE-backed national radiology services platform combining outpatient imaging centers and on-site hospital coverage. It competes with SMS for hospital imaging service contracts and capital-light capacity expansion across geographies.
• GE HealthCare: GE HealthCare is a major OEM of MRI, CT, PET/CT, and ultrasound systems that also operates a growing services and digital arm. As a key SMS equipment partner (Signa MRI, Omni Legend PET/CT), it is a both supplier and adjacent services competitor with similar hospital-system customers.

Direct peers

• Akumin: Akumin operates a national network of outpatient and mobile diagnostic imaging centers including MRI, CT, PET/CT, and related modalities. It is the closest scaled direct comparable to SMS in mobile and fixed imaging service delivery to U.S. hospitals and health systems.
• DMS Health Technologies: DMS Health Technologies provides mobile MRI, CT, PET, and mammography rental services to hospitals and clinics across the United States. It competes with SMS on essentially the same service model (routed, parked, interim deployments) to similar acute-care customers.

Emerging players

• United Imaging Healthcare: United Imaging is a fast-growing Chinese OEM offering uMI digital PET/CT and uCT scanners that compete on price and capability against GE, Siemens, and Philips. SMS is deploying United Imaging systems in the U.S. mobile market, making it a relevant emerging technology peer and potential disruptor as it expands its U.S. footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• TikToktiktok.com/@sharedmedical

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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