MRI centreNPI registry, September 2026

Gulf Imaging

Registered legal name: Medical Evaluators INC

406 W 19TH St, Panama City, FL 32405

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(850) 784-0545

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 20 December 2011. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1679561526
Type: MRI centre
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center); 261QR0206X (Mammography clinic/center)
Practice location: 406 W 19TH St, Panama City, FL 32405
Telephone: (850) 784-0545
NPI issued: 13 October 2005 (20 years ago)
Record updated: 20 December 2011 (14 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL (metropolitan area, Bay County)
State: Florida (2,076 records statewide)
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Gulf Imaging, the trading name of Medical Evaluators INC, is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre at 406 W 19TH St in Panama City, Florida 32405. CMS issued NPI 1679561526 on 13 October 2005, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 20 December 2011. That was 14 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 Mammography clinic/center (261QR0206X). 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.

Panama City sits in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metropolitan area (Bay County), which has 8 imaging-centre records on the Florida side in the September 2026 file, 2 of them with the MRI code, out of 2,076 across Florida. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Bay Radiology Womens Imaging Center, LLC (0.5 miles, Panama City), Suncoast Diagnostic Imaging (0.8 miles, Panama City) and Panama City Open MRI & Imaging (1.2 miles, Panama City), with 2 more within 10 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our Florida freestanding-centre estimate is $500 to $1,500 for a typical single-region MRI. At Florida hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $243 to $4,532 for a brain MRI, median $1,360, from 39 of the 73 Florida hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 167 in the state, files dated to September 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (850) 784-0545 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 406 W 19TH St, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
Bay Radiology Womens Imaging Center, LLC	Panama City, FL	0.5 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(850) 763-2451
Suncoast Diagnostic Imaging	Panama City, FL	0.8 mi	MRI centre	(850) 747-8822
Panama City Open MRI & Imaging	Panama City, FL	1.2 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(850) 873-6900
Bay Radiology Associates, Pl	Panama City, FL	2.0 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(850) 747-4905
Sync Diagnostics	Panama City Beach, FL	10 mi	Radiology clinic	(850) 558-3247

Where it sits

Gulf Imaging in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Bay 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 Florida: 39 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$500 to $1,500

Our own estimate. No imaging operator publishes a per-state cash price.

Hospital outpatient, measured

$243 to $4,532

Median $1,360 cash against a median gross charge of $4,831, from 39 of the 73 Florida hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 167 in the state, files dated to September 2026.

Strong independent imaging centre network statewide; Miami metro priced higher. 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 32 hospitals publish a “cash price” that is its chargemaster restated rather than a discount, reaching $18,295; those are kept out of the band above and counted here instead. 1 more hospital lists this code at prices more than three times apart in the same file, from $1,283 to $1,283, 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 Gulf Imaging.