MRI centreNPI registry, September 2026

Saga Imaging LLC

159 E 74 St, Mezzanine, New York, NY 10021

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(212) 737-3301

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 25 July 2012. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1235485459
Type: MRI centre
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center)
Practice location: 159 E 74 St, Mezzanine, New York, NY 10021
Telephone: (212) 737-3301
NPI issued: 25 July 2012 (14 years ago)
Record updated: 25 July 2012 (14 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (metropolitan area, New York County)
State: New York (892 records statewide)
Subpart of: Stephen J. Nicholas MD PC 'DBA' Ny Orthopedics
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Saga Imaging LLC is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre at 159 E 74 St, Mezzanine in New York, New York 10021. CMS issued NPI 1235485459 on 25 July 2012, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 25 July 2012. That was 14 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 Stephen J. Nicholas MD PC 'DBA' Ny Orthopedics, so pricing may follow the parent's policies.

New York sits in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area (New York County), which has 638 imaging-centre records on the New York side in the September 2026 file, 36 of them with the MRI code, out of 892 across New York. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Carnegie Hill Radiology (0.1 miles, New York), Simonmed Imaging (0.1 miles, New York) and New York Imaging (0.2 miles, New York), with 2 more within 0.2 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our New York freestanding-centre estimate is $800 to $2,200 for a typical single-region MRI. At New York hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $244 to $5,511 for a brain MRI, median $812, from 47 of the 74 New York hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 128 in the state, files dated to September 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (212) 737-3301 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 159 E 74 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)
Carnegie Hill Radiology	New York, NY	0.1 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(212) 369-9200
Simonmed Imaging	New York, NY	0.1 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(212) 369-9200
New York Imaging	New York, NY	0.2 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(212) 689-3155
Advanced Imaging & Radiology of Lenox Hill Hospital PC	New York, NY	0.2 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(212) 434-2685
Stand-Up MRI of Manhattan, P.C.	New York, NY	0.2 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(212) 772-2300

Where it sits

Saga Imaging LLC in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: New York 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 York: 47 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

$244 to $5,511

Median $812 cash against a median gross charge of $2,003, from 47 of the 74 New York hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 128 in the state, files dated to September 2026.

NYC academic hospitals (NYU, Cornell, Mt Sinai) top the national list. 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 15 hospitals publish a “cash price” that is its chargemaster restated rather than a discount, reaching $6,405; those are kept out of the band above and counted here instead. 2 more hospitals list this code at prices more than three times apart in the same file, from $77 to $177, 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 Saga Imaging LLC.