Vestavia Hills Imaging Center
2017 Canyon Rd, Suite 25, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
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- NPI
- 1902859937
- Type
- MRI centre and radiology clinic
- Taxonomy codes
- 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center); 261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center)
- Practice location
- 2017 Canyon Rd, Suite 25, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
- Telephone
- (205) 824-8262
- NPI issued
- 19 May 2006 (20 years ago)
- Record updated
- 13 November 2020 (5 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
Vestavia Hills Imaging Center is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre and radiology clinic at 2017 Canyon Rd, Suite 25 in Vestavia Hills, Alabama 35216. CMS issued NPI 1902859937 on 19 May 2006, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 13 November 2020. That was 5 years ago, so treat the phone number and suite as unverified until you have spoken to someone there.
The record carries 2 imaging taxonomy codes: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center (261QM1200X) and Radiology clinic/center (261QR0200X). The MRI-specific code means the organisation registered itself as a magnetic resonance imaging centre, the strongest signal the registry gives that a scanner is on site.
Vestavia Hills 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 Vestavia Diagnostic Center LLC (0.1 miles, Vestavia Hills), Shades Mountain Imaging PC (0.4 miles, Vestavia Hills) and Brookwood Womens Diagnostic Center, LLC (1.5 miles, Birmingham), with 2 more within 1.8 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) 824-8262 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 Vestavia Hills Imaging Center (NPI 1902859937). 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 · 21 Medicare scans | $177 | $2,000 | $186 (633 centres) |
| Brain MRI without and with contrast CPT 70553 · 22 Medicare scans | $279 | $2,500 | $291 (588 centres) |
| Chest X-ray, 2 views CPT 71046 · 18 Medicare scans | $30 | $142 | $31 (743 centres) |
| Chest CT without contrast CPT 71250 · 13 Medicare scans | $120 | $1,037 | $124 (492 centres) |
| Cervical spine MRI without contrast CPT 72141 · 62 Medicare scans | $157 | $2,000 | $165 (719 centres) |
| Lumbar spine MRI without contrast CPT 72148 · 94 Medicare scans | $167 | $2,000 | $180 (810 centres) |
| Shoulder or other arm joint MRI without contrast CPT 73221 · 29 Medicare scans | $182 | $2,000 | $190 (668 centres) |
| Knee or other leg joint MRI without contrast CPT 73721 · 48 Medicare scans | $172 | $2,000 | $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 2017 Canyon 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vestavia Diagnostic Center LLC | Vestavia Hills, AL | 0.1 mi | Radiology clinic | (205) 949-1806 |
| Shades Mountain Imaging PC | Vestavia Hills, AL | 0.4 mi | Radiology org. (name-classified) | (205) 823-0882 |
| Brookwood Womens Diagnostic Center, LLC | Birmingham, AL | 1.5 mi | Radiology clinic | (205) 877-1000 |
| Brookwood Womens Diagnostic Center LLC | Birmingham, AL | 1.5 mi | Radiology clinic | (469) 893-2000 |
| Birmingham PET Imaging INC | Birmingham, AL | 1.8 mi | Radiology org. (name-classified) | (205) 978-0347 |
Vestavia Hills Imaging Center 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
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.
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 Vestavia Hills Imaging Center.