Radiology clinicNPI registry, September 2026

Cdc Northside

Registered legal name: Columbus Diagnostic Center INC

7500 Veterans Pkwy Ste B, Columbus, GA 31909

DirectionsGoogle Maps Apple Maps

Practice-location phone (registry)

(706) 323-7622

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 28 October 2020. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1598081093
Type: Radiology clinic/centre
Taxonomy codes: 2085R0202X (Diagnostic radiology (physician specialty code carried by an organisation)); 261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center)
Practice location: 7500 Veterans Pkwy Ste B, Columbus, GA 31909
Telephone: (706) 323-7622
NPI issued: 9 April 2010 (16 years ago)
Record updated: 28 October 2020 (5 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Columbus, GA-AL (metropolitan area, Muscogee County)
State: Georgia (380 records statewide)
Subpart of: Columbus Diagnostic Center INC
Same address: Piedmont Community Imaging, LLC
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Cdc Northside, the trading name of Columbus Diagnostic Center INC, is an NPI registry record for a radiology clinic/centre at 7500 Veterans Pkwy Ste B in Columbus, Georgia 31909. CMS issued NPI 1598081093 on 9 April 2010, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 28 October 2020. 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: Diagnostic radiology (physician specialty code carried by an organisation) (2085R0202X) and 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. CMS records it as a subpart of Columbus Diagnostic Center INC, so pricing may follow the parent's policies. One other imaging record shares this street address: Piedmont Community Imaging, LLC.

Columbus sits in the Columbus, GA-AL metropolitan area (Muscogee County), which has 14 imaging-centre records on the Georgia side in the September 2026 file, 2 of them with the MRI code, out of 380 across Georgia. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Piedmont Community Imaging, LLC (0.0 miles, Columbus), Absolute Medical Diagnostics INC (3.0 miles, Columbus) and St. Francis Center for Breast Health Radiologists (3.5 miles, Columbus), with 2 more within 3.5 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) 323-7622 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 7500 Veterans Pkwy Ste B, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
Piedmont Community Imaging, LLC	Columbus, GA	0.0 mi	Radiology clinic	(706) 322-3000
Absolute Medical Diagnostics INC	Columbus, GA	3.0 mi	Radiology clinic	(706) 225-0263
St. Francis Center for Breast Health Radiologists	Columbus, GA	3.5 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(706) 257-7700
Breast Imaging of Georgia	Columbus, GA	3.5 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(706) 257-7700
Independent Radiologists LLC	Columbus, GA	3.5 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(714) 642-5710

Where it sits

Cdc Northside in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Muscogee 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

All 14 centres in Columbus Georgia 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 Cdc Northside.