Radiology clinicNPI registry, September 2026

Austin Radiological Association

1661 Shoreline Dr, Santa Barbara, CA 93109

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(512) 795-5100

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 10 July 2024. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1760190755
Type: Radiology clinic/centre
Taxonomy codes: 261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center)
Practice location: 1661 Shoreline Dr, Santa Barbara, CA 93109
Telephone: (512) 795-5100
NPI issued: 9 November 2022 (3 years ago)
Record updated: 10 July 2024 (2 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA (metropolitan area, Santa Barbara County)
State: California (1,513 records statewide)
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Austin Radiological Association is an NPI registry record for a radiology clinic/centre at 1661 Shoreline Dr in Santa Barbara, California 93109. CMS issued NPI 1760190755 on 9 November 2022, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 10 July 2024. That was 2 years ago; the details are probably still current, but confirm the address when you book.

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.

Santa Barbara sits in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metropolitan area (Santa Barbara County), which has 24 imaging-centre records on the California side in the September 2026 file, 1 of them with the MRI code, out of 1,513 across California. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Regional Diagnostic Imaging (1.7 miles, Santa Barbara), Santa Barbara Women's Imaging Center (2.1 miles, Santa Barbara) and Santa Barbara Radiology Medical Group INC (2.3 miles, Santa Barbara), with 2 more within 2.9 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 (512) 795-5100 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 1661 Shoreline Dr, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
Regional Diagnostic Imaging	Santa Barbara, CA	1.7 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(559) 455-4138
Santa Barbara Women's Imaging Center	Santa Barbara, CA	2.1 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(805) 560-8111
Santa Barbara Radiology Medical Group INC	Santa Barbara, CA	2.3 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(805) 569-7279
Pueblo Radiology Medical Group INC	Santa Barbara, CA	2.4 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(805) 682-7744
Santa Barbara Extremity MRI, LLC	Santa Barbara, CA	2.9 mi	MRI + radiology	(805) 679-7593

Where it sits

Austin Radiological Association in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Santa Barbara 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 24 centres in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara 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 Austin Radiological Association.