MRI centreNPI registry, October 2026

Community Open MRI of Auburn LLC

2428 Lake Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46805

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(260) 422-1491

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 9 April 2024. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1023201316
Type: MRI centre
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center); also 261Q00000X
Practice location: 2428 Lake Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46805
Telephone: (260) 422-1491
NPI issued: 21 August 2007 (19 years ago)
Record updated: 9 April 2024 (2 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-10
Metro area: Fort Wayne, IN (metropolitan area, Allen County)
State: Indiana (192 records statewide)
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 12 October 2026

What the Record Tells You

Community Open MRI of Auburn LLC is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre at 2428 Lake Ave in Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805. CMS issued NPI 1023201316 on 21 August 2007, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 9 April 2024. That was 2 years ago; the details are probably still current, but confirm the address when you book.

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. It also holds one other taxonomy code (261Q00000X).

Fort Wayne sits in the Fort Wayne, IN metropolitan area (Allen County), which has 19 imaging-centre records on the Indiana side in the October 2026 file, 7 of them with the MRI code, out of 192 across Indiana. The nearest alternatives in the registry are MRI Center - Fort Wayne Radiology INC (0.4 miles, Fort Wayne), Ambervale LLC (2.8 miles, Fort Wayne) and Fort Wayne Upright MRI, LLC (4.7 miles, Fort Wayne), with 2 more within 4.7 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our Indiana freestanding-centre estimate is $480 to $1,300 for a typical single-region MRI. At Indiana hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $137 to $3,765 for a brain MRI, median $693, from 24 of the 31 Indiana hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 82 in the state, files dated to September 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (260) 422-1491 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 Community Open MRI of Auburn LLC (NPI 1023201316). 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
Cervical spine MRI without contrast CPT 72141 · 19 Medicare scans	$173	$1,463	$165 (719 centres)
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast CPT 72148 · 52 Medicare scans	$178	$1,463	$180 (810 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 2428 Lake Ave, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
MRI Center - Fort Wayne Radiology INC	Fort Wayne, IN	0.4 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(260) 483-9127
Ambervale LLC	Fort Wayne, IN	2.8 mi	Radiology clinic	(406) 309-6462
Fort Wayne Upright MRI, LLC	Fort Wayne, IN	4.7 mi	MRI centre	(260) 969-2323
Inquest MRI, LLC	Fort Wayne, IN	4.7 mi	MRI centre	(260) 407-6200
Three Rivers Radiology, LLC	Fort Wayne, IN	4.7 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(260) 407-6200

Where it sits

Community Open MRI of Auburn LLC in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Allen 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 Indiana: 24 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

$137 to $3,765

Median $693 cash against a median gross charge of $2,032, from 24 of the 31 Indiana hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 82 in the state, files dated to September 2026.

Indianapolis dominates; IU Health and Community Health are large systems. 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 1 hospital publishes a “cash price” that is its chargemaster restated rather than a discount, reaching $3,750; those are kept out of the band above and counted here instead. 2 more hospitals list this code at prices more than three times apart in the same file, from $496 to $2,688, 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 Community Open MRI of Auburn LLC.