The short version
MiniPACS is $300 per location per month, flat, billed yearly. That is $3,600 per location per year for the whole system: the DICOM archive, a browser-based viewer and a worklist, running together on one machine in your clinic. The price covers unlimited machines and unlimited staff at the site, and guided remote setup is included to get you live. There are no per-study fees and no charge that grows with your imaging volume.
If you also want the referral and booking portal, MiniPACS and Vendo together are $640 per location per month, which is $7,680 per location per year. Vendo on its own is $500 per location per month. Every figure on this page is per physical location, and that is the only axis the price moves along.
What the flat fee includes
The number is deliberately simple because the thing it buys is the whole system, not a bare server. For $300 per location per month you get:
- The complete PACS. The DICOM archive, the viewer and the worklist, assembled and running on one machine. Scans open in about two seconds with no plugin and no dedicated workstation.
- Unlimited machines. Every reading station and every screen on the local network can reach the viewer. You do not license workstations.
- Unlimited staff. Add radiologists, technologists and front-desk users without counting seats. The fee does not move when your team grows.
- Guided remote setup. You are walked through standing the system up, so self-hosted does not mean self-supported on day one.
- Room for millions of images. The archive holds millions of images and the price stays flat as it fills.
MiniPACS is self-hosted: it installs with Docker on Linux and runs comfortably on a mini PC for a single site, which means the imaging data never leaves the building. For the full account of running your archive on your own hardware, see self-hosted PACS.
No per-study fees, on purpose
This is the part that matters most, so it gets its own heading. Most cloud PACS bill per study or per stored gigabyte. That model looks cheap on the first invoice and then grows for years, because the cost of yesterday's imaging keeps arriving long after you read it. Every scan you take adds to a recurring bill, and the total is something you find out rather than decide.
MiniPACS replaces that with a flat figure per location. You can hold millions of images and the price does not change. A center that reads a steady volume ends up paying less over a few years and, just as important, can put an exact number in next year's budget today. If you want to model the gap for your own volume, the cloud PACS cost calculator does the arithmetic, and cloud PACS versus on-site walks through how the two models diverge over a multi-year horizon.
The numbers in one place
Three prices, all per physical location, all with no per-study or per-machine add-on:
- MiniPACS: $300 per location per month. Billed yearly, that is $3,600 per location per year.
- Vendo standalone: $500 per location per month. The referral and booking portal on its own.
- MiniPACS + Vendo: $640 per location per month. Billed yearly, that is $7,680 per location per year, for the imaging archive and the referral portal together.
A second site is a second location fee. There is no separate charge for more machines, more users, or more images at a given location.
What you own, and what happens if you stop
Because MiniPACS is self-hosted, the archive sits on your own storage in standard DICOM. Two consequences follow directly from that, and both are in your favor.
Your data stays yours. The imaging data never leaves the building, which makes the data-residency and access questions in a HIPAA review simple to answer. There is no third party holding your studies and no request to file to get them back, because you already hold them.
Read-only access continues if payment lapses. You are never locked out of your own imaging history. If a bill goes unpaid you keep the ability to view and export what you already have. That is a deliberate contrast with cloud arrangements, where the practical question at the end of a contract is how, and in what format, you get the full archive back.
Where MiniPACS fits
MiniPACS is built for an independent imaging center that wants to own its archive without running a data center. It is the whole system on one machine in the clinic, priced as a flat fee per location rather than per study, so the bill is predictable and the data stays on premises you control. If you are weighing it against other options, the PACS vendor comparison lays out the market, and the landing page has a live demo you can click through.
If you want to see it run before you look at numbers again, the demo is a real app on synthetic data and the login is one click. Pricing is simple enough to keep in your head: $300 per location per month for MiniPACS, $640 with Vendo, flat, no per-study fees, and read-only access that outlives a lapsed invoice.
FAQ
How much does MiniPACS cost?
MiniPACS is $300 per location per month, flat, billed yearly, which works out to $3,600 per location per year. That single figure covers unlimited machines and unlimited staff at the site, plus guided remote setup to get you live. There are no per-study fees and no charge that grows with your imaging volume. If you also want the referral and booking portal, MiniPACS and Vendo together are $640 per location per month, or $7,680 per location per year.
Are there per-study or per-image fees?
No. This is the core difference from most cloud PACS. Cloud vendors commonly bill per study or per stored gigabyte, so the cost of yesterday's imaging keeps arriving for years and your bill climbs with every scan you read. MiniPACS is a flat fee per location. You can hold millions of images and the price does not move. That makes the yearly cost something you can actually budget instead of a number you find out at the end of the month.
What is included in the price?
Everything the site needs to run: the DICOM archive, the browser-based viewer and the worklist, running together on one machine in the clinic. Unlimited machines and unlimited staff are included, so you do not count seats. Guided remote setup is included to stand it up. The software is self-hosted with Docker on Linux and runs comfortably on a mini PC for a single site, so the imaging data never leaves the building and scans open in about two seconds.
How does MiniPACS pricing compare to cloud PACS?
Cloud PACS trades a low entry point for a bill that scales with your archive, usually per study or per gigabyte, and your imaging history lives on the vendor's systems. MiniPACS trades that for a flat, known figure and full ownership: $300 per location per month, and the data stays on hardware you control. Over a few years of steady reading, a flat per-location fee tends to be both lower and far easier to forecast. To model your own numbers, use the cloud PACS cost calculator linked below.
What happens if I stop paying?
Read-only access continues if payment lapses. Because MiniPACS is self-hosted and the archive sits on your own storage in standard DICOM, you are never locked out of your own imaging history. You keep the ability to view and export what you already hold. That is a deliberate contrast with cloud arrangements where the practical question at the end of a contract is how, and in what format, you get the full archive back.
Is there a per-machine or per-user charge?
No. The $300 per location per month is flat and covers unlimited machines and unlimited staff at that site. You do not buy seats, you do not license workstations, and adding another reading station or another member of staff does not change the bill. Pricing is per physical location, so a second site is a second location fee, and that is the only axis the price moves along.