MRI centreNPI registry, September 2026

Peak Diagnostic

353 W 9TH Ave, Escondido, CA 92025

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(619) 752-0001

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 27 August 2025. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1225542665
Type: MRI centre
Taxonomy codes: 2085R0202X (Diagnostic radiology (physician specialty code carried by an organisation)); 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center)
Practice location: 353 W 9TH Ave, Escondido, CA 92025
Telephone: (619) 752-0001
NPI issued: 21 November 2017 (8 years ago)
Record updated: 27 August 2025 (1 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA (metropolitan area, San Diego County)
State: California (1,513 records statewide)
Same address: Axos Imaging
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Peak Diagnostic is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre at 353 W 9TH Ave in Escondido, California 92025. CMS issued NPI 1225542665 on 21 November 2017, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 27 August 2025. That is recent, so the contact details are likely current.

The record carries 2 imaging taxonomy codes: Diagnostic radiology (physician specialty code carried by an organisation) (2085R0202X) and 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. One other imaging record shares this street address: Axos Imaging.

Escondido sits in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metropolitan area (San Diego County), which has 113 imaging-centre records on the California side in the September 2026 file, 25 of them with the MRI code, out of 1,513 across California. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Axos Imaging (0.0 miles, Escondido), Escondido Imaging Center (0.7 miles, Escondido) and Women's Imaging Specialists of America (0.9 miles, Escondido), with 2 more within 1.1 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 (619) 752-0001 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 353 W 9TH 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)
Axos Imaging	Escondido, CA	0.0 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(619) 714-9100
Escondido Imaging Center	Escondido, CA	0.7 mi	MRI + radiology	(760) 480-6519
Women's Imaging Specialists of America	Escondido, CA	0.9 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(760) 520-8500
San Diego Diagnostic Radiology Medical Group, INC.	Escondido, CA	1.0 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(760) 739-3000
Valley Radiology Consultants Medical Group, INC	Escondido, CA	1.1 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(760) 739-5400

Where it sits

Peak Diagnostic in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: San Diego 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

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 Peak Diagnostic.