MRI + radiologyNPI registry, September 2026

Valley Imaging Center

Registered legal name: Limestone Radiology Associates PC

22281 US Highway 72, Suite B, Athens, AL 35613

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(256) 233-2158

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 21 January 2010. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1457498206
Type: MRI centre and radiology clinic
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center); 261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center); 261QR0206X (Mammography clinic/center)
Practice location: 22281 US Highway 72, Suite B, Athens, AL 35613
Telephone: (256) 233-2158
NPI issued: 31 January 2007 (19 years ago)
Record updated: 21 January 2010 (16 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Huntsville, AL (metropolitan area, Limestone County)
State: Alabama (172 records statewide)
Sibling NPIs: Outpatient Diagnostic Center of Athens (1407247943)
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Valley Imaging Center, the trading name of Limestone Radiology Associates PC, is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre and radiology clinic at 22281 US Highway 72, Suite B in Athens, Alabama 35613. CMS issued NPI 1457498206 on 31 January 2007, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 21 January 2010. That was 16 years ago, so treat the phone number and suite as unverified until you have spoken to someone there.

The record carries 3 imaging taxonomy codes: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center (261QM1200X) and Radiology clinic/center (261QR0200X) and Mammography clinic/center (261QR0206X). 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. The same business holds a sibling registration at this address under the name Outpatient Diagnostic Center of Athens (NPI 1407247943); they are covered by this page rather than given their own.

Athens sits in the Huntsville, AL metropolitan area (Limestone County), which has 11 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 American Health Imaging of Madison (9.4 miles, Madison), The Imaging Center INC (11 miles, Madison) and Madison Open MRI (12 miles, Madison), with 1 more within 12 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) 233-2158 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 4 closest imaging records to 22281 US Highway 72, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
American Health Imaging of Madison	Madison, AL	9.4 mi	Radiology clinic	(256) 581-0106
The Imaging Center INC	Madison, AL	11 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(256) 777-7577
Madison Open MRI	Madison, AL	12 mi	MRI centre	(256) 461-8808
Outpatient Diagnostic Center of Madison	Madison, AL	12 mi	Radiology clinic	(256) 461-8808

Where it sits

Valley Imaging Center in amber, with the 4 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 Valley Imaging Center.