MRI + radiologyNPI registry, October 2026

Riverside Imaging Specialists, LLC

2140 Riverside Dr, Suite B, Macon, GA 31204

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(478) 745-6747

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 27 August 2014. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1225376866
Type: MRI centre and radiology clinic
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center); 261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center)
Practice location: 2140 Riverside Dr, Suite B, Macon, GA 31204
Telephone: (478) 745-6747
NPI issued: 16 January 2013 (13 years ago)
Record updated: 27 August 2014 (12 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)
Same address: Open MRI & Imaging of Macon, LLC and Open MRI & Imaging of Macon
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 12 October 2026

What the Record Tells You

Riverside Imaging Specialists, LLC is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre and radiology clinic at 2140 Riverside Dr, Suite B in Macon, Georgia 31204. CMS issued NPI 1225376866 on 16 January 2013, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 27 August 2014. That was 12 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. 2 other imaging records share this street address: Open MRI & Imaging of Macon, LLC and Open MRI & Imaging of Macon.

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 Open MRI & Imaging of Macon, LLC (0.0 miles, Macon), Open MRI & Imaging of Macon (0.0 miles, Macon) and Central Georgia PET LLC (1.3 miles, Macon), with 2 more within 1.6 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) 745-6747 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 Riverside Imaging Specialists, LLC (NPI 1225376866). 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
Head CT without contrast CPT 70450 · 31 Medicare scans	$95	$1,599	$98 (401 centres)
Brain MRI without contrast CPT 70551 · 44 Medicare scans	$180	$1,999	$186 (633 centres)
Brain MRI without and with contrast CPT 70553 · 26 Medicare scans	$286	$2,499	$291 (588 centres)
Chest CT without contrast CPT 71250 · 178 Medicare scans	$121	$1,599	$124 (492 centres)
Cervical spine MRI without contrast CPT 72141 · 53 Medicare scans	$157	$1,999	$165 (719 centres)
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast CPT 72148 · 109 Medicare scans	$175	$1,999	$180 (810 centres)
Shoulder or other arm joint MRI without contrast CPT 73221 · 30 Medicare scans	$184	$1,999	$190 (668 centres)
Knee or other leg joint MRI without contrast CPT 73721 · 26 Medicare scans	$181	$1,999	$187 (733 centres)
Abdomen and pelvis CT with contrast CPT 74177 · 22 Medicare scans	$273	$1,799	$286 (419 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 2140 Riverside Dr, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
Open MRI & Imaging of Macon, LLC	Macon, GA	0.0 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(478) 745-2777
Open MRI & Imaging of Macon	Macon, GA	0.0 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(478) 745-2777
Central Georgia PET LLC	Macon, GA	1.3 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(478) 633-4738
Open MRI of Macon	Macon, GA	1.3 mi	MRI centre	(478) 745-3135
Radiology Center of Macon LLC	Macon, GA	1.6 mi	Radiology clinic	(478) 745-2727

Where it sits

Riverside Imaging Specialists, LLC 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.

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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 Riverside Imaging Specialists, LLC.