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Radiology clinicNPI registry, October 2026

Open MRI & Imaging Center of Elkton, LLC

301 Augustine Herman Hwy, Ste A, Elkton, MD 21921

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As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 8 October 2025. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI
1598702870
Type
Radiology clinic/centre
Taxonomy codes
261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center); 2085R0202X (Diagnostic radiology (physician specialty code carried by an organisation)); also 261QM1300X
Practice location
301 Augustine Herman Hwy, Ste A, Elkton, MD 21921
Telephone
(410) 620-1900
NPI issued
2 June 2006 (20 years ago)
Record updated
8 October 2025 (1 years ago)
NPI status
NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-10
Metro area
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (metropolitan area, Cecil County)
State
Maryland (348 records statewide)
Map position
Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot
NPPES data dissemination file, 12 October 2026

What the Record Tells You

Open MRI & Imaging Center of Elkton, LLC is an NPI registry record for a radiology clinic/centre at 301 Augustine Herman Hwy, Ste A in Elkton, Maryland 21921. CMS issued NPI 1598702870 on 2 June 2006, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 8 October 2025. That is recent, so the contact details are likely current.

The record carries 2 imaging taxonomy codes: Radiology clinic/center (261QR0200X) and Diagnostic radiology (physician specialty code carried by an organisation) (2085R0202X). It registered as a radiology clinic without the MRI-specific code, so ask which modalities it operates before assuming an MRI is available. It also holds one other taxonomy code (261QM1300X).

Elkton sits in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area (Cecil County), which has 5 imaging-centre records on the Maryland side in the October 2026 file, 0 of them with the MRI code, out of 348 across Maryland. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Tri-State MRI & Imaging, LLC (0.6 miles, Elkton), Union Radiology Associates (1.3 miles, Elkton) and Union Hospital Radiology (1.3 miles, Elkton), with 2 more within 5.4 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our Maryland freestanding-centre estimate is $700 to $1,900 for a typical single-region MRI. At Maryland hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $247 to $1,832 for a brain MRI, median $513, from 16 of the 23 Maryland hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 43 in the state, files dated to June 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (410) 620-1900 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 & Imaging Center of Elkton, LLC (NPI 1598702870). Each row is a scan the centre billed to Medicare for at least 11 patients in 2024.

ScanMedicare-approved amountCentre's billed chargeNational median approved
Head CT without contrast
CPT 70450 · 78 Medicare scans
$103$675$98 (401 centres)
Brain MRI without contrast
CPT 70551 · 81 Medicare scans
$200$1,309$186 (633 centres)
Brain MRI without and with contrast
CPT 70553 · 71 Medicare scans
$318$1,200$291 (588 centres)
Chest X-ray, 2 views
CPT 71046 · 214 Medicare scans
$33$100$31 (743 centres)
Chest CT without contrast
CPT 71250 · 447 Medicare scans
$129$783$124 (492 centres)
Cervical spine MRI without contrast
CPT 72141 · 89 Medicare scans
$177$750$165 (719 centres)
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast
CPT 72148 · 188 Medicare scans
$192$1,307$180 (810 centres)
Shoulder or other arm joint MRI without contrast
CPT 73221 · 71 Medicare scans
$201$1,288$190 (668 centres)
Knee or other leg joint MRI without contrast
CPT 73721 · 83 Medicare scans
$199$1,288$187 (733 centres)
Abdomen and pelvis CT with contrast
CPT 74177 · 172 Medicare scans
$309$1,092$286 (419 centres)
Abdominal ultrasound, complete
CPT 76700 · 110 Medicare scans
$115$420$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 301 Augustine Herman Hwy, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

CentreCityDistanceTypePhone (registry)
Tri-State MRI & Imaging, LLCElkton, MD0.6 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(410) 398-0590
Union Radiology AssociatesElkton, MD1.3 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(215) 663-5910
Union Hospital RadiologyElkton, MD1.3 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(410) 398-4000
Trueview Imaging and Diagnostics, LLCNewark, DE3.8 miRadiology clinic(302) 394-0558
Glasgow Imaging LLCNewark, DE5.4 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(302) 993-2330
Where it sits
Locator map showing Open MRI & Imaging Center of Elkton, LLC at 301 Augustine Herman Hwy, Ste A, Elkton, MD 21921 and the 5 nearest imaging centresTri-State MRI & Imaging, LLCUnion Radiology AssociatesTrueview Imaging and Diagnostics, LLCGlasgow Imaging LLCOpen MRI & Imaging Center of Elkton, LLC

Open MRI & Imaging Center of Elkton, LLC in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: no boundary (fitted to the plotted centres).

Map data: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Cash-Price Benchmark

Cash price for a brain MRI in Maryland: 16 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$700 to $1,900
Our own estimate. No imaging operator publishes a per-state cash price.

Hospital outpatient, measured

$247 to $1,832
Median $513 cash against a median gross charge of $556, from 16 of the 23 Maryland hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 43 in the state, files dated to June 2026.

Maryland uses all-payer hospital rate setting; cash-pay still high at academic centres. 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 $2,126; 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

  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, 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 & Imaging Center of Elkton, LLC.

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