Patient monitoring equipment appraisals.
Lukes & Lukes is an independent machinery and equipment appraisal firm. A patient monitoring appraisal from us is a USPAP-compliant opinion of value for the monitoring fleet: bedside and multi-parameter monitors, central stations, networked telemetry, fetal monitors, infusion pumps and vital-signs devices. We value each unit by model, software level, parameter configuration, condition and the resale market for that family. Built to withstand lender, SBA, IRS, audit and legal review.
What we appraise
The fleet, bed by bed.
Hospitals buy monitors in fleets, usually standardized on one brand and one network. We value the fleet the way the market buys it: common bedside models on their own deep secondary market, and networked components on the narrower market that actually exists for them.
- Bedside monitors: multi-parameter and vital-signs monitors, by model, software level and module set.
- Central monitoring: central stations, servers and networked telemetry transmitters and receivers.
- Obstetrics: fetal monitors and maternal-fetal telemetry.
- Infusion: infusion and syringe pumps, by model, firmware and drug-library status.
- Accessories: parameter modules, batteries, cables, sensors and mounting hardware.
What drives the number
Fleet, software and the network.
Common bedside monitors from the major OEM families trade on a deep secondary market, and a large standardized fleet of one current model is worth more per unit than a mixed lot. Software level and installed parameter modules move the number as much as age does, since the same chassis can carry very different configurations. The network is the trap: a central station and its telemetry are worth real money inside the installed, licensed system and very little outside it. Service history, regulatory status and the condition of batteries and accessories settle what a buyer will actually pay.
Which value applies
The right premise for the situation.
The same monitoring fleet carries different numbers depending on why you need the appraisal. We determine and defend the premise your situation requires.
Common questions
Answers, up front.
How do you value a fleet of patient monitors?
Unit by unit, against the resale market for each model family, under USPAP. We record model, software level, installed parameter modules and condition, then weigh fleet size and standardization, since a large single-brand fleet of a current model commands more per unit than a mixed lot of the same age.
Why is a central monitoring station worth so little on its own?
Because it only works inside the installed, licensed network it was configured for. A central station and its telemetry carry real value as part of the working system they serve, but pulled out of that system the market is thin and the resale value drops sharply. We value networked components on the market that actually exists for them.
Do software level and parameter modules change the value?
Yes, materially. The same monitor chassis can run several software levels and carry different module sets, and the configured unit is what the market prices. We verify what is installed and licensed on each unit rather than valuing the nameplate alone.
Are these appraisals accepted by lenders, the SBA and the courts?
Yes. Reports are USPAP-compliant, prepared by a NEBB-certified Machinery & Equipment Appraiser (CMEA), and built to withstand lender, SBA, IRS, audit and legal review.