Shields Imaging of Lowell General Hospital LLC
295 Varnum Ave, Lowell, MA 01854
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- NPI
- 1235414368
- Type
- MRI centre
- Taxonomy codes
- 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center)
- Practice location
- 295 Varnum Ave, Lowell, MA 01854
- Telephone
- (978) 937-6023
- NPI issued
- 20 October 2011 (14 years ago)
- Record updated
- 17 April 2026 (0 years ago)
- NPI status
- NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-08
- Metro area
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (metropolitan area, Middlesex County)
- State
- Massachusetts (152 records statewide)
- Same address
- Commonwealth Radiology Associates, Inc.- Lowell and Merrimack Radiology-Cra LLC
- Map position
- Census address match (rooftop level)
- Snapshot
- NPPES data dissemination file, 10 August 2026
What the Record Tells You
Shields Imaging of Lowell General Hospital LLC is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre at 295 Varnum Ave in Lowell, Massachusetts 01854. CMS issued NPI 1235414368 on 20 October 2011, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 17 April 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. 2 other imaging records share this street address: Commonwealth Radiology Associates, Inc.- Lowell and Merrimack Radiology-Cra LLC.
Lowell sits in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area (Middlesex County), which has 103 imaging-centre records on the Massachusetts side in the August 2026 file, 26 of them with the MRI code, out of 152 across Massachusetts. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Commonwealth Radiology Associates, Inc.- Lowell (0.0 miles, Lowell), Merrimack Radiology-Cra LLC (0.0 miles, Lowell) and Shaila Associates, INC (1.8 miles, Chelmsford), with 2 more within 2.1 miles.
For a cash-pay benchmark, our Massachusetts range is $800 to $2,200 at freestanding imaging centres and $2,800 to $7,600 at hospitals for a typical single-region MRI. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (978) 937-6023 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 295 Varnum 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Radiology Associates, Inc.- Lowell | Lowell, MA | 0.0 mi | Radiology org. (name-classified) | (978) 937-6240 |
| Merrimack Radiology-Cra LLC | Lowell, MA | 0.0 mi | Radiology org. (name-classified) | (978) 937-6240 |
| Shaila Associates, INC | Chelmsford, MA | 1.8 mi | Radiology clinic | (978) 452-4999 |
| Shields Imaging of Lowell General Hospital LLC | N Chelmsford, MA | 1.8 mi | MRI centre | (978) 275-1342 |
| Shields Imaging of Lowell General Hospital LLC | Lowell, MA | 2.1 mi | MRI centre | (978) 934-8530 |
Shields Imaging of Lowell General Hospital LLC in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Middlesex County outline.
Map data: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data from OpenStreetMap contributors. Boundaries: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.
Cash-Price Benchmark
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.
Source: NPI registry records, status as reported by CMS, August 2026 file (NPPES data dissemination file dated 10 August 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 Shields Imaging of Lowell General Hospital LLC.