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Radiology clinicNPI registry, September 2026

Hi Desert Radiology Physician

Registered legal name: Hi-Desert Medical Center

6601 White Feather Rd, Joshua Tree, CA 92252

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As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 25 June 2008. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI
1477683951
Type
Radiology clinic/centre
Taxonomy codes
261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center)
Practice location
6601 White Feather Rd, Joshua Tree, CA 92252
Telephone
(760) 366-6355
NPI issued
6 March 2007 (19 years ago)
Record updated
25 June 2008 (18 years ago)
NPI status
NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (metropolitan area, San Bernardino County)
State
California (1,513 records statewide)
Same address
Quantum Medical Radiology of California, PC
Map position
Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot
NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Hi Desert Radiology Physician, the trading name of Hi-Desert Medical Center, is an NPI registry record for a radiology clinic/centre at 6601 White Feather Rd in Joshua Tree, California 92252. CMS issued NPI 1477683951 on 6 March 2007, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 25 June 2008. That was 18 years ago, so treat the phone number and suite as unverified until you have spoken to someone there.

The record carries one imaging taxonomy code: Radiology clinic/center (261QR0200X). It registered as a radiology clinic without the MRI-specific code, so ask which modalities it operates before assuming an MRI is available. One other imaging record shares this street address: Quantum Medical Radiology of California, PC.

Joshua Tree sits in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metropolitan area (San Bernardino County), which has 177 imaging-centre records on the California side in the September 2026 file, 21 of them with the MRI code, out of 1,513 across California. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Quantum Medical Radiology of California, PC (0.0 miles, Joshua Tree), Desert Advanced Imaging Center (25 miles, Palm Springs) and Regional Diagnostic Imaging (25 miles, Palm Springs), with 2 more within 26 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our California freestanding-centre estimate is $600 to $1,800 for a typical single-region MRI. At California hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $153 to $8,216 for a brain MRI, median $2,307, from 122 of the 169 California hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 276 in the state, files dated to September 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (760) 366-6355 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.

Nearest Alternatives

The 5 closest imaging records to 6601 White Feather Rd, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

CentreCityDistanceTypePhone (registry)
Quantum Medical Radiology of California, PCJoshua Tree, CA0.0 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(559) 455-4026
Desert Advanced Imaging CenterPalm Springs, CA25 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(760) 318-1934
Regional Diagnostic ImagingPalm Springs, CA25 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(661) 382-5023
Desert Advanced Imaging Medical CenterPalm Springs, CA26 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(760) 318-2980
Radmol PET Center, LLCPalm Springs, CA26 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(760) 318-2890
Where it sits
Locator map showing Hi Desert Radiology Physician at 6601 White Feather Rd, Joshua Tree, CA 92252 and the 5 nearest imaging centresQuantum Medical Radiology of California, PCDesert Advanced Imaging CenterRegional Diagnostic ImagingDesert Advanced Imaging Medical CenterHi Desert Radiology Physician

Hi Desert Radiology Physician in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: no boundary (fitted to the plotted centres).

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Cash-Price Benchmark

Cash price for a brain MRI in California: 122 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$600 to $1,800
Our own estimate. No imaging operator publishes a per-state cash price.

Hospital outpatient, measured

$153 to $8,216
Median $2,307 cash against a median gross charge of $5,150, from 122 of the 169 California hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 276 in the state, files dated to September 2026.

Bay Area and LA imaging centres are competitive; UCSF and Cedars hospitals at the top end. 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 24 hospitals publish a “cash price” that is its chargemaster restated rather than a discount, reaching $20,680; those are kept out of the band above and counted here instead. 12 more hospitals list this code at prices more than three times apart in the same file, from $19 to $1,825, 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

  1. 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.
  2. Scanner field strength (1.5T or 3T) and whether it is closed, wide-bore or open.
  3. ACR or IAC accreditation, and who reads the images. The registry cannot tell you either.
  4. 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, September 2026 file (NPPES data dissemination file dated 14 September 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 Hi Desert Radiology Physician.

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