Radiology clinicNPI registry, September 2026

New England PET Imaging System

Registered legal name: Merrimack Valley PET PC

70 East St, Methuen, MA 01844

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(978) 689-4738

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 16 January 2025. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1407802416
Type: Radiology clinic/centre
Taxonomy codes: 261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center)
Practice location: 70 East St, Methuen, MA 01844
Telephone: (978) 689-4738
NPI issued: 25 May 2006 (20 years ago)
Record updated: 16 January 2025 (1 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (metropolitan area, Essex County)
State: Massachusetts (183 records statewide)
Same address: Northern Radiology Associates and Merrimack Valley MRI
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

New England PET Imaging System, the trading name of Merrimack Valley PET PC, is an NPI registry record for a radiology clinic/centre at 70 East St in Methuen, Massachusetts 01844. CMS issued NPI 1407802416 on 25 May 2006, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 16 January 2025. That is recent, so the contact details are likely current.

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. 2 other imaging records share this street address: Northern Radiology Associates and Merrimack Valley MRI.

Methuen sits in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area (Essex County), which has 127 imaging-centre records on the Massachusetts side in the September 2026 file, 26 of them with the MRI code, out of 183 across Massachusetts. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Northern Radiology Associates (0.0 miles, Methuen), Merrimack Valley MRI (0.0 miles, Methuen) and Merrimack Valley MRI (0.0 miles, Methuen), with 2 more within 3.9 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our Massachusetts freestanding-centre estimate is $800 to $2,200 for a typical single-region MRI. At Massachusetts hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $449 to $3,858 for a brain MRI, median $1,582, from 14 of the 27 Massachusetts hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 55 in the state, files dated to June 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (978) 689-4738 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 70 East 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)
Northern Radiology Associates	Methuen, MA	0.0 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(978) 682-3004
Merrimack Valley MRI	Methuen, MA	0.0 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(978) 682-3004
Merrimack Valley MRI	Methuen, MA	0.0 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(978) 682-3004
L & M Radiology, INC.	Lawrence, MA	1.4 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(978) 266-2676
Women's Health Imaging Suite	Andover, MA	3.9 mi	Radiology clinic	(978) 475-5213

Where it sits

New England PET Imaging System in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Essex 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 Massachusetts: 14 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$800 to $2,200

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

Hospital outpatient, measured

$449 to $3,858

Median $1,582 cash against a median gross charge of $2,376, from 14 of the 27 Massachusetts hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 55 in the state, files dated to June 2026.

Boston academic hospitals (MGH, BIDMC, BWH) at the very 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 13 hospitals publish a “cash price” that is its chargemaster restated rather than a discount, reaching $8,466; 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

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 New England PET Imaging System.