Radiology clinicNPI registry, September 2026

Diagnostic Imaging Specialists of Chicago PC

Registered legal name: Ahmed Farag MD PC

60 E Delaware Pl, Suite 1410, Chicago, IL 60611

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(312) 867-9000

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 23 May 2012. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1720228752
Type: Radiology clinic/centre
Taxonomy codes: 261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center)
Practice location: 60 E Delaware Pl, Suite 1410, Chicago, IL 60611
Telephone: (312) 867-9000
NPI issued: 3 March 2009 (17 years ago)
Record updated: 23 May 2012 (14 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (metropolitan area, Cook County)
State: Illinois (528 records statewide)
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Diagnostic Imaging Specialists of Chicago PC, the trading name of Ahmed Farag MD PC, is an NPI registry record for a radiology clinic/centre at 60 E Delaware Pl, Suite 1410 in Chicago, Illinois 60611. CMS issued NPI 1720228752 on 3 March 2009, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 23 May 2012. That was 14 years ago, so treat the phone number and suite as unverified until you have spoken to someone there.

The record carries one imaging taxonomy code: 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.

Chicago sits in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area (Cook County), which has 416 imaging-centre records on the Illinois side in the September 2026 file, 89 of them with the MRI code, out of 528 across Illinois. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Heart Scan of Chicago (0.1 miles, Chicago), Walton Radiology PC (0.1 miles, Chicago) and Heart Scan of Chicago (0.1 miles, Chicago), with 2 more within 0.1 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our Illinois freestanding-centre estimate is $550 to $1,600 for a typical single-region MRI. At Illinois hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $254 to $4,532 for a brain MRI, median $1,505, from 47 of the 61 Illinois hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 114 in the state, files dated to September 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (312) 867-9000 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 60 E Delaware Pl, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
Heart Scan of Chicago	Chicago, IL	0.1 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(312) 587-1111
Walton Radiology PC	Chicago, IL	0.1 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(312) 202-0777
Heart Scan of Chicago	Chicago, IL	0.1 mi	Radiology clinic	(312) 587-1111
A R Imaging, S.C.	Chicago, IL	0.1 mi	Radiology clinic	(312) 587-1111
Watertower Lab Serives LLC	Chicago, IL	0.1 mi	Radiology clinic	(312) 654-2154

Where it sits

Diagnostic Imaging Specialists of Chicago PC in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Cook 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 Illinois: 47 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$550 to $1,600

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

Hospital outpatient, measured

$254 to $4,532

Median $1,505 cash against a median gross charge of $3,962, from 47 of the 61 Illinois hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 114 in the state, files dated to September 2026.

Chicago academic medical centres (Northwestern, U of C) 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 7 hospitals publish a “cash price” that is its chargemaster restated rather than a discount, reaching $7,151; those are kept out of the band above and counted here instead. 3 more hospitals list this code at prices more than three times apart in the same file, from $121 to $551, 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 Diagnostic Imaging Specialists of Chicago PC.