Radiology clinicNPI registry, September 2026

Five Cities Medical Imaging

Registered legal name: Radiology Associates of San Luis Obispo

921 Oak Park Blvd, Ste 102, Pismo Beach, CA 93449

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(805) 779-7900

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 5 December 2007. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1306813886
Type: Radiology clinic/centre
Taxonomy codes: 261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center)
Practice location: 921 Oak Park Blvd, Ste 102, Pismo Beach, CA 93449
Telephone: (805) 779-7900
NPI issued: 3 March 2006 (20 years ago)
Record updated: 5 December 2007 (18 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA (metropolitan area, San Luis Obispo County)
State: California (1,513 records statewide)
Subpart of: Radiology Associates of San Luis Obispo
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Five Cities Medical Imaging, the trading name of Radiology Associates of San Luis Obispo, is an NPI registry record for a radiology clinic/centre at 921 Oak Park Blvd, Ste 102 in Pismo Beach, California 93449. CMS issued NPI 1306813886 on 3 March 2006, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 5 December 2007. That was 18 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. CMS records it as a subpart of Radiology Associates of San Luis Obispo, so pricing may follow the parent's policies.

Pismo Beach sits in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metropolitan area (San Luis Obispo County), which has 18 imaging-centre records on the California side in the September 2026 file, 0 of them with the MRI code, out of 1,513 across California. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Coast Radiology Medical Associates A California General Partnership (1.6 miles, Arroyo Grande), Modesto Radiological Medical Group, INC (6.4 miles, San Luis Obispo) and Radiological Associates Medical Group, INC (6.4 miles, San Luis Obispo), with 2 more within 10 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 (805) 779-7900 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 921 Oak Park Blvd, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
Coast Radiology Medical Associates A California General Partnership	Arroyo Grande, CA	1.6 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(805) 434-4989
Modesto Radiological Medical Group, INC	San Luis Obispo, CA	6.4 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(559) 455-4009
Radiological Associates Medical Group, INC	San Luis Obispo, CA	6.4 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(408) 371-0390
I V Radiology Medical Group	San Luis Obispo, CA	6.4 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(858) 546-3800
French Hospital Medical Center	San Luis Obispo, CA	10 mi	Radiology clinic	(805) 461-7080

Where it sits

Five Cities Medical Imaging in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: San Luis Obispo 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.

Browse and compare

All 18 centres in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles California imaging centres Questions to ask before booking Cash-pay MRI guide Imaging centre directory

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 Five Cities Medical Imaging.