MRI centreNPI registry, September 2026

Natchitoches Imaging

Registered legal name: Natchitoches Parish Hospital Service District

105 East Fifth Street, Natchitoches, LA 71457

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(318) 214-4650

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 15 January 2026. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1639243967
Type: MRI centre
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center); also 282N00000X
Practice location: 105 East Fifth Street, Natchitoches, LA 71457
Telephone: (318) 214-4650
NPI issued: 20 November 2006 (19 years ago)
Record updated: 15 January 2026 (0 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Natchitoches, LA (micropolitan area, Natchitoches Parish)
State: Louisiana (195 records statewide)
Subpart of: Natchitoches Parish Hospital Service District
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Natchitoches Imaging, the trading name of Natchitoches Parish Hospital Service District, is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre at 105 East Fifth Street in Natchitoches, Louisiana 71457. CMS issued NPI 1639243967 on 20 November 2006, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 15 January 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. It also holds one other taxonomy code (282N00000X). CMS records it as a subpart of Natchitoches Parish Hospital Service District, so pricing may follow the parent's policies.

Natchitoches sits in the Natchitoches, LA micropolitan area (Natchitoches Parish), which has 3 imaging-centre records on the Louisiana side in the September 2026 file, 1 of them with the MRI code, out of 195 across Louisiana. The nearest alternatives in the registry are McLeod Radiological Services INC (0.1 miles, Natchitoches), Natchitoches Parkway Imaging, LLC (1.1 miles, Natchitoches) and Deer Creek Imaging Center (41 miles, Leesville), with 2 more within 44 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our Louisiana freestanding-centre estimate is $500 to $1,350 for a typical single-region MRI. At Louisiana hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $257 to $2,814 for a brain MRI, median $692, from 45 of the 55 Louisiana 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 (318) 214-4650 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 105 East Fifth Street, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
McLeod Radiological Services INC	Natchitoches, LA	0.1 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(318) 214-4274
Natchitoches Parkway Imaging, LLC	Natchitoches, LA	1.1 mi	Radiology clinic	(318) 442-8830
Deer Creek Imaging Center	Leesville, LA	41 mi	MRI centre	(337) 392-1363
Caldwell Radiology Associates LLC	Leesville, LA	44 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(337) 239-5148
Oluwayemisi Radiology LLC	Leesville, LA	44 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(660) 826-5960

Where it sits

Natchitoches Imaging 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 Louisiana: 45 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$500 to $1,350

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

Hospital outpatient, measured

$257 to $2,814

Median $692 cash against a median gross charge of $2,476, from 45 of the 55 Louisiana hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 82 in the state, files dated to September 2026.

New Orleans Ochsner system is large; Baton Rouge 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 2 hospitals publish a “cash price” that is its chargemaster restated rather than a discount, reaching $3,110; those are kept out of the band above and counted here instead. 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, 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 Natchitoches Imaging.