Houston Premier Radiology Center INC.
12853 Gulf Fwy, Houston, TX 77034
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- NPI
- 1255624847
- Type
- Radiology clinic/centre
- Taxonomy codes
- 261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center)
- Practice location
- 12853 Gulf Fwy, Houston, TX 77034
- Telephone
- (281) 464-8200
- NPI issued
- 16 May 2011 (15 years ago)
- Record updated
- 21 July 2026 (0 years ago)
- NPI status
- NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-10
- Metro area
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (metropolitan area, Harris County)
- State
- Texas (1,458 records statewide)
- Map position
- Census address match (rooftop level)
- Snapshot
- NPPES data dissemination file, 12 October 2026
What the Record Tells You
Houston Premier Radiology Center INC. is an NPI registry record for a radiology clinic/centre at 12853 Gulf Fwy in Houston, Texas 77034. CMS issued NPI 1255624847 on 16 May 2011, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 21 July 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.
Houston sits in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area (Harris County), which has 440 imaging-centre records on the Texas side in the October 2026 file, 76 of them with the MRI code, out of 1,458 across Texas. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Stratus Health Solutions LLC (0.0 miles, Houston), Optinfusion Solution, LLC (0.2 miles, Houston) and Kingspoint Medical Imaging, INC (2.0 miles, Houston), with 2 more within 2.1 miles.
For a cash-pay benchmark, our Texas freestanding-centre estimate is $500 to $1,400 for a typical single-region MRI. At Texas hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $236 to $10,390 for a brain MRI, median $2,190, from 125 of the 194 Texas hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 285 in the state, files dated to September 2026. 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 (281) 464-8200 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 Houston Premier Radiology Center INC. (NPI 1255624847). 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 · 15 Medicare scans | $103 | $1,750 | $98 (401 centres) |
| Brain MRI without contrast CPT 70551 · 23 Medicare scans | $201 | $3,500 | $186 (633 centres) |
| Brain MRI without and with contrast CPT 70553 · 19 Medicare scans | $318 | $4,750 | $291 (588 centres) |
| Chest X-ray, 2 views CPT 71046 · 70 Medicare scans | $33 | $466 | $31 (743 centres) |
| Cervical spine MRI without contrast CPT 72141 · 32 Medicare scans | $170 | $3,500 | $165 (719 centres) |
| Lumbar spine MRI without contrast CPT 72148 · 68 Medicare scans | $189 | $3,500 | $180 (810 centres) |
| Shoulder or other arm joint MRI without contrast CPT 73221 · 29 Medicare scans | $204 | $3,500 | $190 (668 centres) |
| Knee or other leg joint MRI without contrast CPT 73721 · 49 Medicare scans | $192 | $3,500 | $187 (733 centres) |
| Abdominal ultrasound, complete CPT 76700 · 33 Medicare scans | $116 | $950 | $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 12853 Gulf Fwy, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.
| Centre | City | Distance | Type | Phone (registry) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratus Health Solutions LLC | Houston, TX | 0.0 mi | Radiology clinic | (832) 545-0792 |
| Optinfusion Solution, LLC | Houston, TX | 0.2 mi | Radiology clinic | (281) 481-8557 |
| Kingspoint Medical Imaging, INC | Houston, TX | 2.0 mi | Radiology clinic | (713) 943-9933 |
| Gulf Imaging Associates, PA | Houston, TX | 2.1 mi | Radiology org. (name-classified) | (281) 880-6991 |
| Scarsdale Imaging INC | Houston, TX | 2.1 mi | Radiology clinic | (281) 481-1935 |
Houston Premier Radiology Center INC. in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Harris County outline.
Map data: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data from OpenStreetMap contributors. Boundaries: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.
Cash-Price Benchmark
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
- 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 Houston Premier Radiology Center INC..