Tidelands Health Imaging
Registered legal name: Tidelands and Medquest Joint Venture, LLC
900 21ST Ave N, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
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- NPI
- 1083275366
- Type
- Radiology clinic/centre
- Taxonomy codes
- 261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center)
- Practice location
- 900 21ST Ave N, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
- Telephone
- (843) 916-1700
- NPI issued
- 26 June 2019 (7 years ago)
- Record updated
- 16 April 2026 (0 years ago)
- NPI status
- NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-10
- Metro area
- Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC (metropolitan area, Horry County)
- State
- South Carolina (177 records statewide)
- Map position
- Census address match (rooftop level)
- Snapshot
- NPPES data dissemination file, 12 October 2026
What the Record Tells You
Tidelands Health Imaging, the trading name of Tidelands and Medquest Joint Venture, LLC, is an NPI registry record for a radiology clinic/centre at 900 21ST Ave N in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29577. CMS issued NPI 1083275366 on 26 June 2019, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 16 April 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.
Myrtle Beach sits in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metropolitan area (Horry County), which has 15 imaging-centre records on the South Carolina side in the October 2026 file, 1 of them with the MRI code, out of 177 across South Carolina. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Long Bay Diagnostic Imaging (0.0 miles, Myrtle Beach), Inmed Diagnostics Services of Sc LLC (1.8 miles, Myrtle Beach) and American Health Imaging of Myrtle Beach (2.0 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 (843) 916-1700 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 Tidelands Health Imaging (NPI 1083275366). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head CT without contrast CPT 70450 · 42 Medicare scans | $99 | $327 | $98 (401 centres) |
| Brain MRI without contrast CPT 70551 · 47 Medicare scans | $183 | $1,279 | $186 (633 centres) |
| Brain MRI without and with contrast CPT 70553 · 162 Medicare scans | $291 | $2,093 | $291 (588 centres) |
| Chest X-ray, 2 views CPT 71046 · 42 Medicare scans | $31 | $119 | $31 (743 centres) |
| Chest CT without contrast CPT 71250 · 236 Medicare scans | $120 | $897 | $124 (492 centres) |
| Cervical spine MRI without contrast CPT 72141 · 100 Medicare scans | $169 | $1,247 | $165 (719 centres) |
| Lumbar spine MRI without contrast CPT 72148 · 334 Medicare scans | $178 | $1,249 | $180 (810 centres) |
| Shoulder or other arm joint MRI without contrast CPT 73221 · 23 Medicare scans | $175 | $1,314 | $190 (668 centres) |
| Knee or other leg joint MRI without contrast CPT 73721 · 36 Medicare scans | $184 | $1,314 | $187 (733 centres) |
| Abdomen and pelvis CT with contrast CPT 74177 · 258 Medicare scans | $282 | $1,799 | $286 (419 centres) |
| Abdominal ultrasound, complete CPT 76700 · 34 Medicare scans | $106 | $459 | $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 900 21ST Ave N, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.
| Centre | City | Distance | Type | Phone (registry) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Bay Diagnostic Imaging | Myrtle Beach, SC | 0.0 mi | Radiology org. (name-classified) | (770) 300-0101 |
| Inmed Diagnostics Services of Sc LLC | Myrtle Beach, SC | 1.8 mi | Radiology clinic | (843) 692-0040 |
| American Health Imaging of Myrtle Beach | Myrtle Beach, SC | 2.0 mi | Radiology clinic | (843) 217-6116 |
| Carolina Forest Imaging Center LLC | Myrtle Beach, SC | 3.4 mi | MRI + radiology | (843) 236-7878 |
| Carolina Forest Imaging Center, A Department of Grand Strand Regional Medical Center | Myrtle Beach, SC | 3.4 mi | Radiology clinic | (615) 344-9551 |
Tidelands Health Imaging 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
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, 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 Tidelands Health Imaging.