MRI centreNPI registry, September 2026

McDowell MRI, L.L.C.

430 Rankin Dr, Marion, NC 28752

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(828) 659-5100

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 18 January 2008. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1881636942
Type: MRI centre
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center)
Practice location: 430 Rankin Dr, Marion, NC 28752
Telephone: (828) 659-5100
NPI issued: 12 June 2006 (20 years ago)
Record updated: 18 January 2008 (18 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Marion, NC (micropolitan area, McDowell County)
State: North Carolina (266 records statewide)
Same address: Mh McDowell Imaging, Lllp
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

McDowell MRI, L.L.C. is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre at 430 Rankin Dr in Marion, North Carolina 28752. CMS issued NPI 1881636942 on 12 June 2006, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 18 January 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. One other imaging record shares this street address: Mh McDowell Imaging, Lllp.

Marion sits in the Marion, NC micropolitan area (McDowell County), which has 4 imaging-centre records on the North Carolina side in the September 2026 file, 1 of them with the MRI code, out of 266 across North Carolina. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Mh McDowell Imaging, Lllp (0.0 miles, Marion), McDowell DEXA Scan, A Department of Mission Hospital McDowell (0.3 miles, Marion) and McDowell Radiology, A Department of Mission Hospital McDowell (6.5 miles, Nebo), with 2 more within 19 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our North Carolina freestanding-centre estimate is $480 to $1,300 for a typical single-region MRI. At North Carolina hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $876 to $4,364 for a brain MRI, median $1,883, 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. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (828) 659-5100 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 430 Rankin Dr, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
Mh McDowell Imaging, Lllp	Marion, NC	0.0 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(828) 659-5000
McDowell DEXA Scan, A Department of Mission Hospital McDowell	Marion, NC	0.3 mi	Radiology clinic	(828) 659-5171
McDowell Radiology, A Department of Mission Hospital McDowell	Nebo, NC	6.5 mi	Radiology clinic	(828) 652-6326
Sonocare, LLC	Morganton, NC	19 mi	Radiology clinic	(828) 430-3511
Sonography Services INC	Morganton, NC	19 mi	Radiology clinic	(828) 430-3511

Where it sits

McDowell MRI, L.L.C. in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: no boundary (fitted to the plotted centres).

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Cash-Price Benchmark

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).

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.

Browse and compare

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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 McDowell MRI, L.L.C..