MRI centreNPI registry, September 2026

Cambridge Regional MRI Center

Registered legal name: Shields Healthcare of Cambridge, INC.

385 Western Ave, Brighton, MA 02135

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(617) 621-2955

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 17 April 2026. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1134178312
Type: MRI centre
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center)
Practice location: 385 Western Ave, Brighton, MA 02135
Telephone: (617) 621-2955
NPI issued: 8 May 2006 (20 years ago)
Record updated: 17 April 2026 (0 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (metropolitan area, Suffolk County)
State: Massachusetts (183 records statewide)
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Cambridge Regional MRI Center, the trading name of Shields Healthcare of Cambridge, INC., is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre at 385 Western Ave in Brighton, Massachusetts 02135. CMS issued NPI 1134178312 on 8 May 2006, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 17 April 2026. That is recent, so the contact details are likely current.

The record carries one imaging taxonomy code: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center (261QM1200X). 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.

Brighton sits in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area (Suffolk 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 New England Diagnostics INC. (0.9 miles, Brighton), Caritas Radiology Associates (1.0 miles, Boston) and Coolidge Corner Imaging, LLC (1.4 miles, Brookline), with 2 more within 1.8 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 (617) 621-2955 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 385 Western Ave, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
New England Diagnostics INC.	Brighton, MA	0.9 mi	Radiology clinic	(617) 783-2767
Caritas Radiology Associates	Boston, MA	1.0 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(617) 789-2740
Coolidge Corner Imaging, LLC	Brookline, MA	1.4 mi	MRI + radiology	(617) 383-6585
Longwood MRI Specialists INC	Brookline, MA	1.7 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(617) 277-1614
Biocare Diagnostics INC	Brookline, MA	1.8 mi	Radiology clinic	(617) 232-0317

Where it sits

Cambridge Regional MRI Center in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Suffolk 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.

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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 Cambridge Regional MRI Center.