MRI centreNPI registry, September 2026

Essex & Optima Medical Imaging

16 Pelham Rd, Suite 3, Salem, NH 03079

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(603) 898-2244

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 12 May 2008. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1124295969
Type: MRI centre
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center)
Practice location: 16 Pelham Rd, Suite 3, Salem, NH 03079
Telephone: (603) 898-2244
NPI issued: 12 May 2008 (18 years ago)
Record updated: 12 May 2008 (18 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (metropolitan area, Rockingham County)
State: New Hampshire (62 records statewide)
Subpart of: Essex Orthopaedics & Optima Sports Medicine
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Essex & Optima Medical Imaging is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre at 16 Pelham Rd, Suite 3 in Salem, New Hampshire 03079. CMS issued NPI 1124295969 on 12 May 2008, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 12 May 2008. That was 18 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: 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. CMS records it as a subpart of Essex Orthopaedics & Optima Sports Medicine, so pricing may follow the parent's policies.

Salem sits in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area (Rockingham County), which has 26 imaging-centre records on the New Hampshire side in the September 2026 file, 6 of them with the MRI code, out of 62 across New Hampshire. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Salem Radiology LLP (0.1 miles, Salem), Stiles Road Imaging, LLC (0.1 miles, Salem) and Merrimack Valley MRI (0.1 miles, Salem), with 2 more within 0.4 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our New Hampshire freestanding-centre estimate is $650 to $1,700 for a typical single-region MRI. At New Hampshire hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $1,336 to $2,804 for a brain MRI, median $1,598, from 4 of the 10 New Hampshire hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 13 in the state, files dated to April 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (603) 898-2244 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 16 Pelham Rd, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
Salem Radiology LLP	Salem, NH	0.1 mi	Radiology clinic	(603) 893-4352
Stiles Road Imaging, LLC	Salem, NH	0.1 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(603) 421-2018
Merrimack Valley MRI	Salem, NH	0.1 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(603) 890-1700
Salem Radiology, A Department of Parkland Medical Center	Salem, NH	0.1 mi	Radiology clinic	(603) 890-2800
Orchard Imaging, LLC	Salem, NH	0.4 mi	Radiology clinic	(603) 685-4781

Where it sits

Essex & Optima Medical Imaging in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Rockingham 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 New Hampshire: 4 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$650 to $1,700

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

Hospital outpatient, measured

$1,336 to $2,804

Median $1,598 cash against a median gross charge of $4,212, from 4 of the 10 New Hampshire hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 13 in the state, files dated to April 2026.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Manchester drive prices. 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 $8,431; those are kept out of the band above and counted here instead. 4 more hospitals list this code at prices more than three times apart in the same file, from $175 to $1,877, 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.

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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 Essex & Optima Medical Imaging.