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Plaza Medical Imaging

3731 S Plaza Dr, Santa Ana, CA 92704

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As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 1 November 2017. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI
1376055152
Type
Radiology clinic/centre
Taxonomy codes
261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center)
Practice location
3731 S Plaza Dr, Santa Ana, CA 92704
Telephone
(714) 918-0478
NPI issued
1 November 2017 (8 years ago)
Record updated
1 November 2017 (8 years ago)
NPI status
NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (metropolitan area, Orange County)
State
California (1,513 records statewide)
Sibling NPIs
Plaza Medical Imaging Center (1164467205)
Map position
Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot
NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Plaza Medical Imaging is an NPI registry record for a radiology clinic/centre at 3731 S Plaza Dr in Santa Ana, California 92704. CMS issued NPI 1376055152 on 1 November 2017, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 1 November 2017. That was 8 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. The same business holds a sibling registration at this address under the name Plaza Medical Imaging Center (NPI 1164467205); they are covered by this page rather than given their own.

Santa Ana sits in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area (Orange County), which has 658 imaging-centre records on the California side in the September 2026 file, 57 of them with the MRI code, out of 1,513 across California. The nearest alternatives in the registry are West Coast Radiology Center South Coast (1.0 miles, Santa Ana), Irvine Coast MRI Medical Group (1.3 miles, Santa Ana) and Orange MRI Medical Group (1.3 miles, Santa Ana), with 1 more within 1.4 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our California freestanding-centre estimate is $600 to $1,800 for a typical single-region MRI. At California hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $153 to $8,216 for a brain MRI, median $2,307, from 122 of the 169 California hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 276 in the state, files dated to September 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (714) 918-0478 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 3731 S Plaza Dr, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

CentreCityDistanceTypePhone (registry)
West Coast Radiology Center South CoastSanta Ana, CA1.0 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(714) 966-0904
Irvine Coast MRI Medical GroupSanta Ana, CA1.3 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(714) 545-9441
Orange MRI Medical GroupSanta Ana, CA1.3 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(714) 545-9441
Coastal RadiologySanta Ana, CA1.4 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(713) 461-3573
Where it sits
Locator map showing Plaza Medical Imaging at 3731 S Plaza Dr, Santa Ana, CA 92704 and the 4 nearest imaging centresWest Coast Radiology Center South CoastIrvine Coast MRI Medical GroupCoastal RadiologyPlaza Medical Imaging

Plaza Medical Imaging in amber, with the 4 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Orange 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 California: 122 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$600 to $1,800
Our own estimate. No imaging operator publishes a per-state cash price.

Hospital outpatient, measured

$153 to $8,216
Median $2,307 cash against a median gross charge of $5,150, from 122 of the 169 California hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 276 in the state, files dated to September 2026.

Bay Area and LA imaging centres are competitive; UCSF and Cedars hospitals at the top end. 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 24 hospitals publish a “cash price” that is its chargemaster restated rather than a discount, reaching $20,680; those are kept out of the band above and counted here instead. 12 more hospitals list this code at prices more than three times apart in the same file, from $19 to $1,825, 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

  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, 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 Plaza Medical Imaging.

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Updated 2026-06-11