MRI centreNPI registry, September 2026

Shields Imaging at Heywood Healthcare LLC

242 Green St Ste 1, Gardner, MA 01440

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(866) 258-4674

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

Registry Record

NPI: 1447972286
Type: MRI centre
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center)
Practice location: 242 Green St Ste 1, Gardner, MA 01440
Telephone: (866) 258-4674
NPI issued: 19 September 2022 (3 years ago)
Record updated: 17 April 2026 (0 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Worcester, MA (metropolitan area, Worcester County)
State: Massachusetts (183 records statewide)
Same address: Wachusett Radiology, INC.
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Shields Imaging at Heywood Healthcare LLC is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre at 242 Green St Ste 1 in Gardner, Massachusetts 01440. CMS issued NPI 1447972286 on 19 September 2022, 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. One other imaging record shares this street address: Wachusett Radiology, INC..

Gardner sits in the Worcester, MA metropolitan area (Worcester County), which has 19 imaging-centre records on the Massachusetts side in the September 2026 file, 8 of them with the MRI code, out of 183 across Massachusetts. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Wachusett Radiology, INC. (0.0 miles, Gardner), John Fitch Radiology (9.6 miles, Fitchburg) and Umass Memorial Health Alliance MRI Center LLC (12 miles, Leominster), with 2 more within 19 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 (866) 258-4674 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 242 Green St Ste 1, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
Wachusett Radiology, INC.	Gardner, MA	0.0 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(997) 863-0623
John Fitch Radiology	Fitchburg, MA	9.6 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(978) 342-6990
Umass Memorial Health Alliance MRI Center LLC	Leominster, MA	12 mi	MRI centre	(978) 466-2725
Centmass Imaging, INC.	Leominster, MA	13 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(978) 707-9729
Ucs Radiology	Holden, MA	19 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(508) 829-3800

Where it sits

Shields Imaging at Heywood Healthcare LLC in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Worcester 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 Shields Imaging at Heywood Healthcare LLC.