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Preferred Imaging of Austin LLC

711 W 38TH St, Suite B-1, Austin, TX 78705

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As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 6 April 2022. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI
1437542818
Type
MRI centre
Taxonomy codes
2085R0202X (Diagnostic radiology (physician specialty code carried by an organisation)); 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center)
Practice location
711 W 38TH St, Suite B-1, Austin, TX 78705
Telephone
(512) 420-0000
NPI issued
10 March 2015 (11 years ago)
Record updated
6 April 2022 (4 years ago)
NPI status
NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-08
Metro area
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX (metropolitan area, Travis County)
State
Texas (1,325 records statewide)
Same address
Austin Open MRI LP, Austin Computer Diagnostics, LTD. and River City Radiology, LLC
Map position
Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot
NPPES data dissemination file, 10 August 2026

What the Record Tells You

Preferred Imaging of Austin LLC is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre at 711 W 38TH St, Suite B-1 in Austin, Texas 78705. CMS issued NPI 1437542818 on 10 March 2015, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 6 April 2022. That was 4 years ago; the details are probably still current, but confirm the address when you book.

The record carries 2 imaging taxonomy codes: Diagnostic radiology (physician specialty code carried by an organisation) (2085R0202X) and 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. 3 other imaging records share this street address: Austin Open MRI LP, Austin Computer Diagnostics, LTD. and River City Radiology, LLC.

Austin sits in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan area (Travis County), which has 78 imaging-centre records on the Texas side in the August 2026 file, 7 of them with the MRI code, out of 1,325 across Texas. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Austin Open MRI LP (0.0 miles, Austin), Austin Computer Diagnostics, LTD. (0.0 miles, Austin) and River City Radiology, LLC (0.0 miles, Austin), with 2 more within 0.1 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our Texas range is $500 to $1,400 at freestanding imaging centres and $1,700 to $5,100 at hospitals for a typical single-region MRI. Published hospital cash prices in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos run from $2,260.29 (Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble Falls) to $2,556.77 (Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway) for a brain MRI without contrast, from the hospitals' federal transparency files. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (512) 420-0000 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 711 W 38TH St, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

CentreCityDistanceTypePhone (registry)
Austin Open MRI LPAustin, TX0.0 miRadiology clinic(512) 451-8595
Austin Computer Diagnostics, LTD.Austin, TX0.0 miRadiology clinic(512) 454-9597
River City Radiology, LLCAustin, TX0.0 miRadiology clinic(512) 454-9598
Central Park Imaging Center, LTD.Austin, TX0.1 miRadiology clinic(512) 501-3840
Capital Imaging CentersAustin, TX0.1 miRadiology clinic(512) 501-3840
Where it sits
Locator map showing Preferred Imaging of Austin LLC at 711 W 38TH St, Suite B-1, Austin, TX 78705 and the 5 nearest imaging centresAustin Open MRI LPCentral Park Imaging Center, LTD.Preferred Imaging of Austin LLC

Preferred Imaging of Austin LLC in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Travis County outline.

Map data: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data from OpenStreetMap contributors. Boundaries: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Cash-Price Benchmark

Typical cash price for a single-region MRI in Texas

Freestanding imaging centre

$500 to $1,400

Hospital outpatient

$1,700 to $5,100

Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio all competitive; Houston Methodist and MD Anderson at the top. Ranges are our sourced estimates for the state (methodology), not quotes from any listed centre.

Parsed hospital cash prices for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos (brain MRI, CPT 70551): Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble Falls $2,260.29; Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin $2,556.77; Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock $2,556.77 and 1 more. Full table on the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro page.

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, 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 Preferred Imaging of Austin LLC.

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Updated 2026-06-11