MRI centreNPI registry, October 2026

Open MRI of Macon

Registered legal name: Physicians MRI INC

1504B Hardeman Ave Ste B, Macon, GA 31201

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(478) 745-3135

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 8 September 2026. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1730158601
Type: MRI centre
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center)
Practice location: 1504B Hardeman Ave Ste B, Macon, GA 31201
Telephone: (478) 745-3135
NPI issued: 14 March 2006 (20 years ago)
Record updated: 8 September 2026 (0 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-10
Metro area: Macon-Bibb County, GA (metropolitan area, Bibb County)
State: Georgia (383 records statewide)
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 12 October 2026

What the Record Tells You

Open MRI of Macon, the trading name of Physicians MRI INC, is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre at 1504B Hardeman Ave Ste B in Macon, Georgia 31201. CMS issued NPI 1730158601 on 14 March 2006, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 8 September 2026. That is recent, so the contact details are likely current.

The record carries one imaging taxonomy code: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center (261QM1200X). 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.

Macon sits in the Macon-Bibb County, GA metropolitan area (Bibb County), which has 12 imaging-centre records on the Georgia side in the October 2026 file, 2 of them with the MRI code, out of 383 across Georgia. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Central Georgia PET LLC (0.1 miles, Macon), Radiology Associates of Macon PC (0.7 miles, Macon) and Central Georgia MRI LLC (0.7 miles, Macon), with 2 more within 0.7 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our Georgia freestanding-centre estimate is $480 to $1,300 for a typical single-region MRI. At Georgia hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $238 to $2,428 for a brain MRI, median $1,212, from 19 of the 47 Georgia hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 96 in the state, files dated to August 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (478) 745-3135 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 Open MRI of Macon (NPI 1730158601). 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 · 105 Medicare scans	$177	$1,899	$186 (633 centres)
Brain MRI without and with contrast CPT 70553 · 103 Medicare scans	$284	$2,399	$291 (588 centres)
Cervical spine MRI without contrast CPT 72141 · 146 Medicare scans	$154	$1,899	$165 (719 centres)
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast CPT 72148 · 292 Medicare scans	$172	$1,899	$180 (810 centres)
Shoulder or other arm joint MRI without contrast CPT 73221 · 50 Medicare scans	$180	$1,899	$190 (668 centres)
Knee or other leg joint MRI without contrast CPT 73721 · 57 Medicare scans	$177	$1,899	$187 (733 centres)
Abdominal ultrasound, complete CPT 76700 · 12 Medicare scans	$98	$490	$109 (647 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 1504B Hardeman Ave Ste B, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
Central Georgia PET LLC	Macon, GA	0.1 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(478) 633-4738
Radiology Associates of Macon PC	Macon, GA	0.7 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(478) 743-1458
Central Georgia MRI LLC	Macon, GA	0.7 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(478) 746-1020
Georgia Magnetic Imaging Center LTD	Macon, GA	0.7 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(478) 746-1020
Atlantic Diagnostic Center Limited	Macon, GA	0.7 mi	Radiology clinic	(478) 744-0758

Where it sits

Open MRI of Macon in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Bibb 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 Georgia: 19 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$480 to $1,300

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

Hospital outpatient, measured

$238 to $2,428

Median $1,212 cash against a median gross charge of $2,789, from 19 of the 47 Georgia hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 96 in the state, files dated to August 2026.

Atlanta has dozens of independent centres; rural Georgia far less competitive. 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 15 hospitals publish a “cash price” that is its chargemaster restated rather than a discount, reaching $11,676; those are kept out of the band above and counted here instead. 9 more hospitals list this code at prices more than three times apart in the same file, from $37 to $1,826, 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.

Browse and compare

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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 Open MRI of Macon.