MRI + radiologyNPI registry, September 2026

Optimal Imaging Sacred Heart Health System

Registered legal name: Gulf Coast Health System Imaging, LLC

4033 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze, FL 32561

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(615) 974-1972

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 15 March 2017. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1497296081
Type: MRI centre and radiology clinic
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center); 261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center); 261QR0206X (Mammography clinic/center)
Practice location: 4033 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
Telephone: (615) 974-1972
NPI issued: 15 March 2017 (9 years ago)
Record updated: 15 March 2017 (9 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL (metropolitan area, Santa Rosa 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

Optimal Imaging Sacred Heart Health System, the trading name of Gulf Coast Health System Imaging, LLC, is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre and radiology clinic at 4033 Gulf Breeze Parkway in Gulf Breeze, Florida 32561. CMS issued NPI 1497296081 on 15 March 2017, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 15 March 2017. That was 9 years ago, so treat the phone number and suite as unverified until you have spoken to someone there.

The record carries 3 imaging taxonomy codes: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center (261QM1200X) and Radiology clinic/center (261QR0200X) 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.

Gulf Breeze sits in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metropolitan area (Santa Rosa County), which has 31 imaging-centre records on the Florida side in the September 2026 file, 4 of them with the MRI code, out of 2,076 across Florida. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Navarre Open MRI (9.0 miles, Navarre), Innovative Open MRI of Pensacola LLC (9.4 miles, Pensacola) and Bay Area Radiology, PC (11 miles, Pensacola), with 2 more within 11 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 (615) 974-1972 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 4033 Gulf Breeze Parkway, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
Navarre Open MRI	Navarre, FL	9.0 mi	Radiology clinic	(850) 936-0911
Innovative Open MRI of Pensacola LLC	Pensacola, FL	9.4 mi	MRI centre	(850) 433-0674
Bay Area Radiology, PC	Pensacola, FL	11 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(559) 455-4009
Acumen Medical Imaging & Interventional	Pensacola, FL	11 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(850) 434-4011
Angel Williamson Imaging Center P A	Pensacola, FL	11 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(850) 476-1161

Where it sits

Optimal Imaging Sacred Heart Health System in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Santa Rosa 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.

Browse and compare

All 31 centres in Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Florida 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 Optimal Imaging Sacred Heart Health System.