Radiology clinicNPI registry, October 2026

Sonos Imaging

Registered legal name: Central Alabama Diagnostics LLC

5018 Cahaba River Rd, Vestavia, AL 35243

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(205) 453-7525

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 23 September 2026. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1255799847
Type: Radiology clinic/centre
Taxonomy codes: 261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center); 2085R0202X (Diagnostic radiology (physician specialty code carried by an organisation))
Practice location: 5018 Cahaba River Rd, Vestavia, AL 35243
Telephone: (205) 453-7525
NPI issued: 10 February 2016 (10 years ago)
Record updated: 23 September 2026 (0 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-10
Metro area: Birmingham, AL (metropolitan area, Jefferson County)
State: Alabama (172 records statewide)
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 12 October 2026

What the Record Tells You

Sonos Imaging, the trading name of Central Alabama Diagnostics LLC, is an NPI registry record for a radiology clinic/centre at 5018 Cahaba River Rd in Vestavia, Alabama 35243. CMS issued NPI 1255799847 on 10 February 2016, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 23 September 2026. That is recent, so the contact details are likely current.

The record carries 2 imaging taxonomy codes: Radiology clinic/center (261QR0200X) and Diagnostic radiology (physician specialty code carried by an organisation) (2085R0202X). It registered as a radiology clinic without the MRI-specific code, so ask which modalities it operates before assuming an MRI is available.

Vestavia sits in the Birmingham, AL metropolitan area (Jefferson County), which has 50 imaging-centre records on the Alabama side in the October 2026 file, 9 of them with the MRI code, out of 172 across Alabama. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Blue Lake Open MRI (0.6 miles, Vestavia), Birmingham Physicians Radiology PLLC (0.6 miles, Birmingham) and Bhm MRI Radiology PLLC (0.6 miles, Birmingham), with 2 more within 0.8 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our Alabama freestanding-centre estimate is $450 to $1,100 for a typical single-region MRI. At Alabama hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $85 to $2,153 for a brain MRI, median $1,381, from 14 of the 19 Alabama hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 73 in the state, files dated to September 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (205) 453-7525 with the CPT code for your scan and ask for the self-pay rate, whether the radiologist's report is included, and the scanner's field strength.

What Medicare Paid This Centre (2024)

From CMS's public Medicare claims data for Sonos Imaging (NPI 1255799847). Each row is a scan the centre billed to Medicare for at least 11 patients in 2024.

Scan	Medicare-approved amount	Centre's billed charge	National median approved
Brain MRI without contrast CPT 70551 · 11 Medicare scans	$177	$2,450	$186 (633 centres)
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast CPT 72148 · 33 Medicare scans	$168	$2,575	$180 (810 centres)
Shoulder or other arm joint MRI without contrast CPT 73221 · 18 Medicare scans	$182	$2,575	$190 (668 centres)
Knee or other leg joint MRI without contrast CPT 73721 · 23 Medicare scans	$176	$2,575	$187 (733 centres)

The Medicare-approved amount is the full amount Medicare accepts for the scan: its own payment plus the patient's share (usually the 20% coinsurance). The billed charge is the centre's own list price on those claims, which Medicare does not pay. Both are averages over the year, and the national column is the median approved amount across every centre that billed Medicare for that scan outside a hospital.

Neither figure is a self-pay quote. If you are paying cash, ask the centre for its self-pay rate for your CPT code and whether the radiologist's report is included.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service, 2024 data, read 15 October 2026. CMS does not publish a centre and scan with fewer than 11 Medicare patients, so a scan missing here may still be offered.

Nearest Alternatives

The 5 closest imaging records to 5018 Cahaba River Rd, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
Blue Lake Open MRI	Vestavia, AL	0.6 mi	MRI centre	(205) 915-0740
Birmingham Physicians Radiology PLLC	Birmingham, AL	0.6 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(205) 823-3366
Bhm MRI Radiology PLLC	Birmingham, AL	0.6 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(205) 823-3366
Omb, LLC	Birmingham, AL	0.6 mi	Radiology clinic	(205) 823-3366
American Health Imaging of Grandview, LLC	Birmingham, AL	0.8 mi	Radiology clinic	(205) 977-2274

Where it sits

Sonos Imaging in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Jefferson County outline.

Map data: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data from OpenStreetMap contributors. Boundaries: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Cash-Price Benchmark

Cash price for a brain MRI in Alabama: 14 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$450 to $1,100

Our own estimate. No imaging operator publishes a per-state cash price.

Hospital outpatient, measured

$85 to $2,153

Median $1,381 cash against a median gross charge of $3,470, from 14 of the 19 Alabama hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 73 in the state, files dated to September 2026.

Birmingham and Huntsville have the most independent imaging centres. The hospital figures are CPT 70551, brain MRI without contrast, taken from each hospital's own federal transparency file and attributed to the date that file carries. A further 2 hospitals publish a “cash price” that is its chargemaster restated rather than a discount, reaching $12,398; those are kept out of the band above and counted here instead. 1 more hospital lists this code at prices more than three times apart in the same file, from $280 to $280, so which row is the scan cannot be told from the file; they are excluded from the band and counted here. Hospitals whose file we could not read are named, not filled in (methodology).

What to ask when you call

The self-pay price for your exact CPT code (70551 brain, 72148 lumbar spine, 73221 or 73721 joint, without contrast), and whether the radiologist's report is included.
Scanner field strength (1.5T or 3T) and whether it is closed, wide-bore or open.
ACR or IAC accreditation, and who reads the images. The registry cannot tell you either.
Whether they accept an order from a telehealth referral if you have no local doctor.

Full list: cheap MRI, good MRI checklist.

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Source: NPI registry records, status as reported by CMS, October 2026 file (NPPES data dissemination file dated 12 October 2026, download.cms.gov; US federal public data, no charge). NPPES is an identifier registry, not a licence register: an NPI does not validate licensure, accreditation or that a scanner is on site. Names, addresses and phones are as self-reported to CMS and many records have not been updated for years; confirm before you travel. Coordinates: US Census Bureau geocoder, ZIP-code centroid where the address did not match (flagged). Metro areas: 2023 Census core-based statistical areas by county. Price ranges: our methodology; hospital cash prices: each hospital's federal transparency file (45 CFR 180), where parsed. No centre pays to be listed and none is endorsed. Listed here in error, or want a correction? Email [email protected]. This page describes a registry record, not a review or recommendation of Sonos Imaging.