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North Carolina, NPI registry September 2026

Imaging Centers in North Carolina: 266 MRI and Radiology Centre Records

The September 2026 NPI file lists 266 imaging organisations in North Carolina: 70 registered under the MRI or radiology clinic codes (17, or 6%, with the MRI-specific code) and 196 diagnostic-radiology organisations classified by name. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia is the largest market with 45 records, followed by Raleigh-Cary (32), Greensboro-High Point (30) and Winston-Salem (23). 24 records sit outside the metro areas listed below or alone in a small area; they are listed on this page.

Price context: a single-region MRI in North Carolina runs $480 to $1,300 cash at a freestanding centre, which is our own estimate. At hospitals it is measured, not estimated: a brain MRI runs $876 to $4,364 cash, median $1,883 against a median gross charge of $3,735, from 40 of the 47 North Carolina hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 80 in the state, files dated to September 2026. A further 4 hospitals publish their chargemaster unchanged as a “cash price”, up to $5,781, and are not in that range. Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro all competitive; Duke and UNC are large systems.

Registry records
266
70 core + 196 name-classified
MRI-specific code
17
6% of North Carolina records
Metro pages
24
13 single-record areas, 11 rural
Updated before 2020
41%
confirm phones on older records

North Carolina Metro Areas

Census metro and micropolitan areas in North Carolina with at least two registry records. Each metro page lists every centre with its registry phone, nearest alternatives and the hospital cash prices we have parsed for that market.

Metro areaTypeRecordsMRI codeCities
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia
North Carolina side; also South Carolina (10)
Metropolitan450Charlotte, Gastonia and Monroe
Raleigh-CaryMetropolitan323Raleigh, Cary and Wake Forest
Greensboro-High PointMetropolitan303Greensboro, High Point and Asheboro
Winston-SalemMetropolitan230Winston Salem, Kernersville and Winston-Salem
AshevilleMetropolitan162Asheville
Hickory-Lenoir-MorgantonMetropolitan140Morganton, Hickory and Lenoir
Durham-Chapel HillMetropolitan121Durham, Chapel Hill and Roxboro
WilmingtonMetropolitan121Wilmington, Hampstead and Leland
FayettevilleMetropolitan101Fayetteville and Raeford
LumbertonMicropolitan60Lumberton and Pembroke
GreenvilleMetropolitan50Greenville
JacksonvilleMetropolitan40Jacksonville
MarionMicropolitan41Marion and Nebo
Pinehurst-Southern PinesMetropolitan40Pinehurst and Southern Pines
Shelby-Kings MountainMicropolitan40Shelby and Grover
AlbemarleMicropolitan31Locust and Albemarle
LaurinburgMicropolitan30Laurinburg
WilsonMicropolitan32Wilson
Elizabeth CityMicropolitan20Elizabeth City
GoldsboroMetropolitan21Goldsboro
KinstonMicropolitan20Kinston
New BernMicropolitan20New Bern
RockinghamMicropolitan20Hamlet
SanfordMicropolitan20Sanford
North Carolina at a glance
Locator map of North Carolina showing 24 metro areas with imaging centre listings, each pin sized by how many registry records that metro holdsCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia: 45 recordsRaleigh-Cary: 32 recordsGreensboro-High Point: 30 recordsWinston-Salem: 23 recordsAsheville: 16 recordsHickory-Lenoir-Morganton: 14 recordsDurham-Chapel Hill: 12 recordsWilmington: 12 recordsFayetteville: 10 recordsLumberton: 6 recordsGreenville: 5 recordsJacksonville: 4 recordsMarion: 4 recordsPinehurst-Southern Pines: 4 recordsShelby-Kings Mountain: 4 recordsAlbemarle: 3 recordsLaurinburg: 3 recordsWilson: 3 recordsElizabeth City: 2 recordsGoldsboro: 2 recordsKinston: 2 recordsNew Bern: 2 recordsRockingham: 2 recordsSanford: 2 records

One pin per metro page, placed at the mean position of its records and sized by how many it holds.

Boundaries: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Cash-Price Context for North Carolina

Use these ranges as the benchmark when you call a listed centre for a self-pay quote. The registry holds no prices.

Cash price for a brain MRI in North Carolina: 40 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$480 to $1,300
Our own estimate. No imaging operator publishes a per-state cash price.

Hospital outpatient, measured

$876 to $4,364
Median $1,883 cash against a median gross charge of $3,735, from 40 of the 47 North Carolina hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 80 in the state, files dated to September 2026.

Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro all competitive; Duke and UNC are large systems. 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 4 hospitals publish a “cash price” that is its chargemaster restated rather than a discount, reaching $5,781; 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).

Multi-Site Operators in North Carolina

Registered organisation names appearing three or more times in North Carolina: multi-site operators and chains, whose cash prices are usually set per company rather than per site.

Novant Health Enterprises Imaging, LLC 17 sitesPresbyterian Imaging Centers LLC 8 sitesExcel Imaging LLC 6 sitesPatriotmed of North Carolina, P.C. 6 sitesDiagnostic Radiology & Imaging LLC 5 sitesDuke University Health System INC 5 sitesDurham Diagnostic Imaging LLC 5 sitesMecklenburg Diagnostic Imaging LLC 5 sites

Outside the Main Metros: 24 Records

13 records are the only imaging organisation in their metro or micropolitan area and 11 sit outside any Census metro area. They have no dedicated page; the registry phone is shown here.

Centre (registry name)CityMetroTypePhone (registry)Last updated
Valley Radiology at Angier LLC
Name-classified registry row
AngierAnderson Creek, NCRadiology org. (name-classified)(919) 331-20012022-07
Op Imaging & Lab Center - Wilma Redmont Breast Center
Legal name: Watauga Medical Center, INC.
Registry row
BooneBoone, NCRadiology clinic(828) 266-24922025-01
Mh Transylvania Imaging, Lllp
Name-classified registry row
BrevardBrevard, NCRadiology org. (name-classified)(828) 213-12772018-09
Burlington Radiological Associates
Name-classified registry row
BurlingtonBurlington, NCRadiology org. (name-classified)(336) 538-78612022-07
Rutherford Radiological Associates PA
Name-classified registry row
RutherfordtonForest City, NCRadiology org. (name-classified)(828) 286-50002018-08
Durham Diagnostic Imaging-Henderson
Legal name: Durham Diagnostic Imaging LLC
Name-classified registry row
HendersonHenderson, NCRadiology org. (name-classified)(252) 430-65002012-08
Sentara Kitty Hawk Advanced Imaging Center
Legal name: Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center, LLC
Registry row
Kitty HawkKill Devil Hills, NCRadiology clinic(252) 255-60402017-03
Seashore Imaging LLC
Name-classified registry row
Morehead CityMorehead City, NCRadiology org. (name-classified)(252) 247-97772011-12
Valley Radiology Associates, PA
Name-classified registry row
N WilkesboroNorth Wilkesboro, NCRadiology org. (name-classified)(336) 927-92092019-09
Roanoke Valley Radiology Associates
Legal name: Roanoke Valley Health Services, INC
Name-classified registry row
Roanoke RapidsRoanoke Rapids, NCRadiology org. (name-classified)(258) 253-58862008-12
Nash Imaging LLC
Registry row
Rocky MountRocky Mount, NCMRI centre(252) 443-80002009-07
Eastern Radiologists, INC
Name-classified registry row
WashingtonWashington, NCRadiology org. (name-classified)(252) 946-21372022-12
Blue Ridge Ultrasound, INC.
Registry row
ClydeWaynesville, NCRadiology clinic(828) 452-08812009-09
Clinton X-Ray Associates, PA
Name-classified registry row
ClintonOutside metro areasRadiology org. (name-classified)(910) 592-80702023-04
Duke Medicine Circle Clinic
Legal name: Private Diagnostic Clinic, PLLC
Name-classified registry row
DurhamOutside metro areasRadiology org. (name-classified)(919) 684-81112022-07
Private Diagnostic Clinic, PLLC
Name-classified registry row
DurhamOutside metro areasRadiology org. (name-classified)(919) 684-81112022-07
Wilkes Radiology, PA
Name-classified registry row
JeffersonOutside metro areasRadiology org. (name-classified)(336) 846-07222012-09
Medical Center Diagnostics
Legal name: Waccamaw Ultrasound & Diagnostics
Registry row
Lake WaccamawOutside metro areasRadiology clinic(910) 642-90852011-09
Southern Smokies Radiology
Name-classified registry row
MurphyOutside metro areasRadiology org. (name-classified)(828) 835-76452009-02
Atlantic Radiology Associates
Name-classified registry row
RoseboroOutside metro areasRadiology org. (name-classified)(910) 525-37312020-08
Carolina West Radiology PA
Name-classified registry row
SylvaOutside metro areasRadiology org. (name-classified)(828) 586-70002010-03
Advanced Imaging
Legal name: Columbus Regional Diagnostics
Registry row
WhitevilleOutside metro areasRadiology clinic(910) 642-80112023-01
Eastern Carolinas Imaging, LLC
Registry row
WhitevilleOutside metro areasRadiology clinic(910) 640-28232020-08
Mid-Atlantic Radiology
Legal name: Bathia Medical Corporation
Name-classified registry row
WilliamstonOutside metro areasRadiology org. (name-classified)(252) 792-86092008-04

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.

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Updated 2026-06-11