MRI centreNPI registry, September 2026

The Core Institute

Registered legal name: Center for Orthopedic Research and Education, LLC

18444 N 25TH Ave, Ste 210, Phoenix, AZ 85023

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(623) 537-5600

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 25 April 2025. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1427095801
Type: MRI centre
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center); also 207QS0010X, 207X00000X, 207XX0005X, 207XX0801X, 2081P2900X, 208VP0000X, 208VP0014X, 213E00000X, 213ES0103X, 225100000X, 332B00000X, 363A00000X, 363L00000X, 363LA2100X
Practice location: 18444 N 25TH Ave, Ste 210, Phoenix, AZ 85023
Telephone: (623) 537-5600
NPI issued: 2 June 2006 (20 years ago)
Record updated: 25 April 2025 (1 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ (metropolitan area, Maricopa County)
State: Arizona (360 records statewide)
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

The Core Institute, the trading name of Center for Orthopedic Research and Education, LLC, is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre at 18444 N 25TH Ave, Ste 210 in Phoenix, Arizona 85023. CMS issued NPI 1427095801 on 2 June 2006, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 25 April 2025. That is recent, so the contact details are likely current.

The record carries one imaging taxonomy code: 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. It also holds 14 other taxonomy codes (207QS0010X, 207X00000X, 207XX0005X, 207XX0801X, 2081P2900X, 208VP0000X, 208VP0014X, 213E00000X, 213ES0103X, 225100000X, 332B00000X, 363A00000X, 363L00000X, 363LA2100X).

Phoenix sits in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metropolitan area (Maricopa County), which has 262 imaging-centre records on the Arizona side in the September 2026 file, 18 of them with the MRI code, out of 360 across Arizona. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Deer Valley Family Medicine (0.8 miles, Phoenix), North Mountain Imaging Specialists, LLC (0.8 miles, Phoenix) and North Mountain Radiology Group - Bcc (0.8 miles, Phoenix), with 2 more within 1.2 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our Arizona freestanding-centre estimate is $500 to $1,400 for a typical single-region MRI. At Arizona hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $347 to $5,618 for a brain MRI, median $516, from 27 of the 45 Arizona hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 66 in the state, files dated to August 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (623) 537-5600 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 18444 N 25TH Ave, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
Deer Valley Family Medicine	Phoenix, AZ	0.8 mi	Radiology clinic	(623) 780-1999
North Mountain Imaging Specialists, LLC	Phoenix, AZ	0.8 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(623) 780-3751
North Mountain Radiology Group - Bcc	Phoenix, AZ	0.8 mi	Radiology clinic	(602) 216-6690
Breast Imaging Specialists of Arizona, LLC	Phoenix, AZ	0.8 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(623) 780-4673
Smi Imaging, LLC	Phoenix, AZ	1.2 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(623) 234-2520

Where it sits

The Core Institute in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Maricopa County outline.

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

Cash-Price Benchmark

Cash price for a brain MRI in Arizona: 27 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$500 to $1,400

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

Hospital outpatient, measured

$347 to $5,618

Median $516 cash against a median gross charge of $3,014, from 27 of the 45 Arizona hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 66 in the state, files dated to August 2026.

Phoenix and Tucson markets are competitive with growing freestanding networks. 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 8 hospitals publish a “cash price” that is its chargemaster restated rather than a discount, reaching $3,014; those are kept out of the band above and counted here instead. 3 more hospitals list this code at prices more than three times apart in the same file, from $116 to $446, 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.

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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 The Core Institute.