MRI + radiologyNPI registry, September 2026

California Medical Imaging Associates, INC

462 W Putnam Ave, Porterville, CA 93257

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(209) 577-9900

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 26 February 2021. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1881966778
Type: MRI centre and radiology clinic
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center); 261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center)
Practice location: 462 W Putnam Ave, Porterville, CA 93257
Telephone: (209) 577-9900
NPI issued: 7 February 2012 (14 years ago)
Record updated: 26 February 2021 (5 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Visalia, CA (metropolitan area, Tulare County)
State: California (1,513 records statewide)
Subpart of: California Medical Imaging Associates, INC.
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

California Medical Imaging Associates, INC is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre and radiology clinic at 462 W Putnam Ave in Porterville, California 93257. CMS issued NPI 1881966778 on 7 February 2012, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 26 February 2021. That was 5 years ago, so treat the phone number and suite as unverified until you have spoken to someone there.

The record carries 2 imaging taxonomy codes: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center (261QM1200X) and Radiology clinic/center (261QR0200X). 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. CMS records it as a subpart of California Medical Imaging Associates, INC., so pricing may follow the parent's policies.

Porterville sits in the Visalia, CA metropolitan area (Tulare County), which has 18 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 Narin Siribhadra M.D. (0.5 miles, Porterville), Partners Medical Imaging Group, INC (0.9 miles, Porterville) and Tri-County Medical Imaging Services, INC (1.3 miles, Porterville), with 2 more within 17 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 (209) 577-9900 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 462 W Putnam 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)
Narin Siribhadra M.D.	Porterville, CA	0.5 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(559) 782-1065
Partners Medical Imaging Group, INC	Porterville, CA	0.9 mi	Radiology clinic	(559) 782-1973
Tri-County Medical Imaging Services, INC	Porterville, CA	1.3 mi	Radiology clinic	(559) 782-1973
San Joaquin Imaging	Porterville, CA	1.8 mi	Radiology clinic	(209) 781-7242
Sequoia Radiology Group, INC.	Exeter, CA	17 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(559) 280-2047

Where it sits

California Medical Imaging Associates, INC in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Tulare 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 California Medical Imaging Associates, INC.