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Cardiguard, INC.

8305 Knight Rd, Houston, TX 77054

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As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 27 April 2009. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI
1982884565
Type
Radiology clinic/centre
Taxonomy codes
261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center)
Practice location
8305 Knight Rd, Houston, TX 77054
Telephone
(713) 795-1180
NPI issued
12 November 2007 (18 years ago)
Record updated
27 April 2009 (17 years ago)
NPI status
NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-08
Metro area
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (metropolitan area, Harris County)
State
Texas (1,325 records statewide)
Same address
Southloop MRI Centers, INC. and Diagnostic, Interventional and Vascular Consultants LLC
Map position
Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot
NPPES data dissemination file, 10 August 2026

What the Record Tells You

Cardiguard, INC. is an NPI registry record for a radiology clinic/centre at 8305 Knight Rd in Houston, Texas 77054. CMS issued NPI 1982884565 on 12 November 2007, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 27 April 2009. That was 17 years ago, so treat the phone number and suite as unverified until you have spoken to someone there.

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. 2 other imaging records share this street address: Southloop MRI Centers, INC. and Diagnostic, Interventional and Vascular Consultants LLC.

Houston sits in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area (Harris County), which has 396 imaging-centre records on the Texas side in the August 2026 file, 75 of them with the MRI code, out of 1,325 across Texas. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Southloop MRI Centers, INC. (0.0 miles, Houston), Diagnostic, Interventional and Vascular Consultants LLC (0.0 miles, Houston) and Natural MRI, LP (0.0 miles, Houston), with 2 more within 0.4 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands run from $230.91 (Harris Health Ben Taub Hospital) to $20,243.66 (HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest) for a brain MRI without contrast, from the hospitals' federal transparency files. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (713) 795-1180 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 8305 Knight Rd, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

CentreCityDistanceTypePhone (registry)
Southloop MRI Centers, INC.Houston, TX0.0 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(713) 665-6767
Diagnostic, Interventional and Vascular Consultants LLCHouston, TX0.0 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(713) 790-1666
Natural MRI, LPHouston, TX0.0 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(713) 592-9800
MRI Centers of Texas LLCHouston, TX0.3 miMRI centre(817) 226-1800
Southampton Medical Imaging LLCHouston, TX0.4 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(713) 545-0259
Where it sits
Locator map showing Cardiguard, INC. at 8305 Knight Rd, Houston, TX 77054 and the 5 nearest imaging centresSouthloop MRI Centers, INC.MRI Centers of Texas LLCSouthampton Medical Imaging LLCCardiguard, INC.

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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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands (brain MRI, CPT 70551): Harris Health Ben Taub Hospital $230.91; Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital $230.91; Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center $1,312.32 and 19 more. Full table on the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands 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 Cardiguard, INC..

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Updated 2026-06-11