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Crescent City Diagnostics, INC

3501 Paris Rd, Chalmette, LA 70043

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As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 22 August 2020. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI
1992700470
Type
Radiology clinic/centre
Taxonomy codes
261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center)
Practice location
3501 Paris Rd, Chalmette, LA 70043
Telephone
(504) 276-7226
NPI issued
20 June 2005 (21 years ago)
Record updated
22 August 2020 (6 years ago)
NPI status
NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area
New Orleans-Metairie, LA (metropolitan area, St. Bernard Parish)
State
Louisiana (195 records statewide)
Map position
Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot
NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Crescent City Diagnostics, INC is an NPI registry record for a radiology clinic/centre at 3501 Paris Rd in Chalmette, Louisiana 70043. CMS issued NPI 1992700470 on 20 June 2005, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 22 August 2020. That was 6 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.

Chalmette sits in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan area (St. Bernard Parish), which has 29 imaging-centre records on the Louisiana side in the September 2026 file, 9 of them with the MRI code, out of 195 across Louisiana. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Parish Imaging (0.7 miles, Chalmette), Crescent City Diagnostics INC. (0.7 miles, Chalmette) and Delta MRI LLC (5.6 miles, New Orleans), with 2 more within 8.1 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our Louisiana freestanding-centre estimate is $500 to $1,350 for a typical single-region MRI. At Louisiana hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $257 to $2,814 for a brain MRI, median $692, from 45 of the 55 Louisiana hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 82 in the state, files dated to September 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (504) 276-7226 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 3501 Paris Rd, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

CentreCityDistanceTypePhone (registry)
Parish ImagingChalmette, LA0.7 miMRI centre(504) 309-4262
Crescent City Diagnostics INC.Chalmette, LA0.7 miMRI centre(504) 309-5077
Delta MRI LLCNew Orleans, LA5.6 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(504) 620-5200
Tuhc Radiology Group LLCNew Orleans, LA7.0 miRadiology org. (name-classified)(504) 988-5800
Internal Medicine Specialists DiagnosticsNew Orleans, LA8.1 miRadiology clinic(504) 648-2542
Where it sits
Locator map showing Crescent City Diagnostics, INC at 3501 Paris Rd, Chalmette, LA 70043 and the 5 nearest imaging centresParish ImagingDelta MRI LLCTuhc Radiology Group LLCInternal Medicine Specialists DiagnosticsCrescent City Diagnostics, INC

Crescent City Diagnostics, INC in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: no boundary (fitted to the plotted centres).

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Cash-Price Benchmark

Cash price for a brain MRI in Louisiana: 45 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$500 to $1,350
Our own estimate. No imaging operator publishes a per-state cash price.

Hospital outpatient, measured

$257 to $2,814
Median $692 cash against a median gross charge of $2,476, from 45 of the 55 Louisiana hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 82 in the state, files dated to September 2026.

New Orleans Ochsner system is large; Baton Rouge 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 2 hospitals publish a “cash price” that is its chargemaster restated rather than a discount, reaching $3,110; those are kept out of the band above and counted here instead. Hospitals whose file we could not read are named, not filled in (methodology).

What to ask when you call

  1. 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.
  2. Scanner field strength (1.5T or 3T) and whether it is closed, wide-bore or open.
  3. ACR or IAC accreditation, and who reads the images. The registry cannot tell you either.
  4. Whether they accept an order from a telehealth referral if you have no local doctor.

Full list: cheap MRI, good MRI checklist.

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 Crescent City Diagnostics, INC.

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Updated 2026-06-11