MRI + radiologyNPI registry, September 2026

Heritage Diagnostic Center, LLC

1705 Main Ave SW, Suite C, Cullman, AL 35055

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(256) 734-8175

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 16 July 2012. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1295788222
Type: MRI centre and radiology clinic
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center); 261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center)
Practice location: 1705 Main Ave SW, Suite C, Cullman, AL 35055
Telephone: (256) 734-8175
NPI issued: 19 May 2006 (20 years ago)
Record updated: 16 July 2012 (14 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Cullman, AL (micropolitan area, Cullman County)
State: Alabama (172 records statewide)
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Heritage Diagnostic Center, LLC is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre and radiology clinic at 1705 Main Ave SW, Suite C in Cullman, Alabama 35055. CMS issued NPI 1295788222 on 19 May 2006, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 16 July 2012. That was 14 years ago, so treat the phone number and suite as unverified until you have spoken to someone there.

The record carries 2 imaging taxonomy codes: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center (261QM1200X) and Radiology clinic/center (261QR0200X). 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.

Cullman sits in the Cullman, AL micropolitan area (Cullman County), which has 5 imaging-centre records on the Alabama side in the September 2026 file, 2 of them with the MRI code, out of 172 across Alabama. The nearest alternatives in the registry are North Alabama Radiology (0.5 miles, Cullman), Cullman Primary Care, PC (1.4 miles, Cullman) and Health Imaging Services LLC (8.7 miles, Cullman), with 2 more within 21 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our Alabama freestanding-centre estimate is $450 to $1,100 for a typical single-region MRI. At Alabama hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $85 to $2,153 for a brain MRI, median $1,381, from 14 of the 19 Alabama hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 73 in the state, files dated to September 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (256) 734-8175 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 1705 Main Ave SW, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
North Alabama Radiology	Cullman, AL	0.5 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(256) 739-3500
Cullman Primary Care, PC	Cullman, AL	1.4 mi	Radiology clinic	(256) 734-3141
Health Imaging Services LLC	Cullman, AL	8.7 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(256) 734-7850
Cullman Open MRI	Cullman, AL	8.7 mi	MRI centre	(866) 670-6736
North Alabama Radiology	Hartselle, AL	21 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(256) 751-3000

Where it sits

Heritage Diagnostic Center, LLC in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: no boundary (fitted to the plotted centres).

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Cash-Price Benchmark

Cash price for a brain MRI in Alabama: 14 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$450 to $1,100

Our own estimate. No imaging operator publishes a per-state cash price.

Hospital outpatient, measured

$85 to $2,153

Median $1,381 cash against a median gross charge of $3,470, from 14 of the 19 Alabama hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 73 in the state, files dated to September 2026.

Birmingham and Huntsville have the most independent imaging centres. 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 2 hospitals publish a “cash price” that is its chargemaster restated rather than a discount, reaching $12,398; those are kept out of the band above and counted here instead. 1 more hospital lists this code at prices more than three times apart in the same file, from $280 to $280, so which row is the scan cannot be told from the file; they are excluded from the band and counted here. Hospitals whose file we could not read are named, not filled in (methodology).

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.

Browse and compare

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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 questions@mriscancost.com. This page describes a registry record, not a review or recommendation of Heritage Diagnostic Center, LLC.