The Collision Care Clinic · Lakewood
Imaging in Lakewood, Colorado
Understand how doctors choose imaging after a car accident, what each scan can show, and how to prepare for your appointment.
Let the examination guide the choice
A collision does not automatically mean you need an MRI. Your clinician considers how the collision happened, your symptoms, and the examination findings. The useful question is whether another image would help guide your care.
Prepare for your appointment
If enclosed spaces or lying still worry you, tell the team before the appointment. Ask how to send earlier images and reports to the imaging facility.
Review the report with your symptoms
Bring the report to your follow-up visit. Ask which findings fit your symptoms, what remains uncertain, and what the next step should be. A report alone does not settle every question about pain.
How care is arranged
Plan your visit
- Where
- Arranged through our imaging partners
- Who directs it
- Your treating physician
- Availability
- Patients are usually seen the same week. Walk-ins are welcome.
- Your visit address
- These directions are for your clinic evaluation. Scans and chiropractic visits take place at the network partner's office. Confirm the address for your appointment with the care team.
- Find the building
- Look for the large Mintz Law Firm sign at 605 Parfet St, just north of 6th Avenue. The clinic is between the Simms and Kipling exits on US 6.
- From Simms
- Coming east on US 6 from Golden, exit at Simms, take the first right and follow the north frontage road to Parfet.
- Transit
- RTD Route 100 stops at Parfet St & W 6th Ave North Frontage Rd, at the building's corner.
- Parking
- Clinic parking is free.
- Find the suite
- Enter through the main entrance, go to the back of the building and find the furthest suite to your left.
- Health Images
- The 11700 W 2nd Pl location is about 4 minutes from our Lakewood clinic. The 1819 Denver W Dr location is about 8 minutes away.
- Touchstone Imaging
- The 14062 Denver West Pkwy location is about 8 minutes from the clinic.
- Planning the trip
- Drive times are approximate free-flow estimates. Traffic and your starting point can change the trip.
Cost and payment arrangements
We bill the auto claim instead of health insurance, the way a body shop bills for the car. This model gives our physicians and therapists time for your injury and thorough visit documentation.
A little clarity before your first call