MRI + radiologyNPI registry, September 2026

Athens Diagnostic Center

Registered legal name: Diagnostic Clinic of Athens, LLC

1063 Baxter St, Athens, GA 30606

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(706) 316-3662

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 18 February 2021. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1679523708
Type: MRI centre and radiology clinic
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center); 261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center)
Practice location: 1063 Baxter St, Athens, GA 30606
Telephone: (706) 316-3662
NPI issued: 11 May 2006 (20 years ago)
Record updated: 18 February 2021 (5 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Athens-Clarke County, GA (metropolitan area, Clarke County)
State: Georgia (380 records statewide)
Sibling NPIs: American Health Imaging of Athens Baxter Street (1255091898)
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Athens Diagnostic Center, the trading name of Diagnostic Clinic of Athens, LLC, is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre and radiology clinic at 1063 Baxter St in Athens, Georgia 30606. CMS issued NPI 1679523708 on 11 May 2006, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 18 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. The same business holds a sibling registration at this address under the name American Health Imaging of Athens Baxter Street (NPI 1255091898); they are covered by this page rather than given their own.

Athens sits in the Athens-Clarke County, GA metropolitan area (Clarke County), which has 11 imaging-centre records on the Georgia side in the September 2026 file, 1 of them with the MRI code, out of 380 across Georgia. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Radiology Associates of North Georgia (1.1 miles, Athens), Open MRI & Imaging of Athens, LLC (1.1 miles, Athens) and Open MRI & Imaging of Athens (1.1 miles, Athens), with 1 more within 1.1 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our Georgia freestanding-centre estimate is $480 to $1,300 for a typical single-region MRI. At Georgia hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $238 to $2,428 for a brain MRI, median $1,212, from 19 of the 47 Georgia hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 96 in the state, files dated to August 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (706) 316-3662 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 4 closest imaging records to 1063 Baxter 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)
Radiology Associates of North Georgia	Athens, GA	1.1 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(706) 389-3075
Open MRI & Imaging of Athens, LLC	Athens, GA	1.1 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(706) 549-1118
Open MRI & Imaging of Athens	Athens, GA	1.1 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(706) 549-1118
MRI & Imaging of Georgia, LLC	Athens, GA	1.1 mi	Radiology clinic	(706) 549-1118

Where it sits

Athens Diagnostic Center in amber, with the 4 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Clarke 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 Georgia: 19 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$480 to $1,300

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

Hospital outpatient, measured

$238 to $2,428

Median $1,212 cash against a median gross charge of $2,789, from 19 of the 47 Georgia hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 96 in the state, files dated to August 2026.

Atlanta has dozens of independent centres; rural Georgia far less competitive. 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 15 hospitals publish a “cash price” that is its chargemaster restated rather than a discount, reaching $11,676; those are kept out of the band above and counted here instead. 9 more hospitals list this code at prices more than three times apart in the same file, from $37 to $1,826, 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

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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 Athens Diagnostic Center.