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Radiology clinicNPI registry, September 2026

Carolina Forest Imaging Center, A Department of Grand Strand Regional Medical Center

Registered legal name: Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, LLC

199 Village Center Blvd Ste 110, Myrtle Beach, SC 29579

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As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 29 May 2026. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI
1700717410
Type
Radiology clinic/centre
Taxonomy codes
261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center)
Practice location
199 Village Center Blvd Ste 110, Myrtle Beach, SC 29579
Telephone
(615) 344-9551
NPI issued
29 May 2026 (0 years ago)
Record updated
29 May 2026 (0 years ago)
NPI status
NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC (metropolitan area, Horry County)
State
South Carolina (175 records statewide)
Subpart of
Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, LLC
Same address
Carolina Forest Imaging Center LLC
Map position
Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot
NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Carolina Forest Imaging Center, A Department of Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, the trading name of Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, LLC, is an NPI registry record for a radiology clinic/centre at 199 Village Center Blvd Ste 110 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29579. CMS issued NPI 1700717410 on 29 May 2026, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 29 May 2026. That is recent, so the contact details are likely current.

The record carries one imaging taxonomy code: Radiology clinic/center (261QR0200X). It registered as a radiology clinic without the MRI-specific code, so ask which modalities it operates before assuming an MRI is available. CMS records it as a subpart of Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, LLC, so pricing may follow the parent's policies. One other imaging record shares this street address: Carolina Forest Imaging Center LLC.

Myrtle Beach sits in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metropolitan area (Horry County), which has 14 imaging-centre records on the South Carolina side in the September 2026 file, 1 of them with the MRI code, out of 175 across South Carolina. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Carolina Forest Imaging Center LLC (0.0 miles, Myrtle Beach), American Health Imaging of Myrtle Beach (1.6 miles, Myrtle Beach) and Inmed Diagnostics Services of Sc LLC (1.7 miles, Myrtle Beach), with 2 more within 3.4 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our South Carolina freestanding-centre estimate is $470 to $1,250 for a typical single-region MRI. At South Carolina hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $893 to $3,288 for a brain MRI, median $3,147, from 19 of the 21 South Carolina hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 51 in the state, files dated to July 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (615) 344-9551 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 199 Village Center Blvd Ste 110, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

CentreCityDistanceTypePhone (registry)
Carolina Forest Imaging Center LLCMyrtle Beach, SC0.0 miMRI + radiology(843) 236-7878
American Health Imaging of Myrtle BeachMyrtle Beach, SC1.6 miRadiology clinic(843) 217-6116
Inmed Diagnostics Services of Sc LLCMyrtle Beach, SC1.7 miRadiology clinic(843) 692-0040
Strand Regional SpecialtyMyrtle Beach, SC2.5 miRadiology clinic(843) 449-2336
Long Bay Diagnostic ImagingMyrtle Beach, SC3.4 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(770) 300-0101
Where it sits
Locator map showing Carolina Forest Imaging Center, A Department of Grand Strand Regional Medical Center at 199 Village Center Blvd Ste 110, Myrtle Beach, SC 29579 and the 5 nearest imaging centresCarolina Forest Imaging Center LLCAmerican Health Imaging of Myrtle BeachInmed Diagnostics Services of Sc LLCStrand Regional SpecialtyLong Bay Diagnostic ImagingCarolina Forest Imaging Center, A Department of Grand Strand Regional Medical Center

Carolina Forest Imaging Center, A Department of Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Horry 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 South Carolina: 19 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$470 to $1,250
Our own estimate. No imaging operator publishes a per-state cash price.

Hospital outpatient, measured

$893 to $3,288
Median $3,147 cash against a median gross charge of $4,475, from 19 of the 21 South Carolina hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 51 in the state, files dated to July 2026.

Charleston and Columbia have the most competitive networks. 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 $445; 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, 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 Carolina Forest Imaging Center, A Department of Grand Strand Regional Medical Center.

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Updated 2026-06-11