MRI centreNPI registry, September 2026

University Open MRI PC

50 Monument Rd, Suite 100, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(610) 660-6161

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 22 August 2020. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1851318893
Type: MRI centre
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center)
Practice location: 50 Monument Rd, Suite 100, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
Telephone: (610) 660-6161
NPI issued: 16 July 2006 (20 years ago)
Record updated: 22 August 2020 (6 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (metropolitan area, Montgomery County)
State: Pennsylvania (419 records statewide)
Sibling NPIs: Advanced Diagnostics (1053617027)
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

University Open MRI PC is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre at 50 Monument Rd, Suite 100 in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 19004. CMS issued NPI 1851318893 on 16 July 2006, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 22 August 2020. That was 6 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. The same business holds a sibling registration at this address under the name Advanced Diagnostics (NPI 1053617027); they are covered by this page rather than given their own.

Bala Cynwyd sits in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area (Montgomery County), which has 153 imaging-centre records on the Pennsylvania side in the September 2026 file, 20 of them with the MRI code, out of 419 across Pennsylvania. The nearest alternatives in the registry are World Wellness Health Institute (0.2 miles, Bala Cynwyd), Open MRI Center (0.3 miles, Bala Cynwyd) and Precision Diagnostic Radiology LLC (1.4 miles, Philadelphia), with 1 more within 2.2 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our Pennsylvania freestanding-centre estimate is $550 to $1,500 for a typical single-region MRI. At Pennsylvania hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $234 to $6,214 for a brain MRI, median $1,017, from 51 of the 73 Pennsylvania hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 131 in the state, files dated to September 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (610) 660-6161 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 4 closest imaging records to 50 Monument 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)
World Wellness Health Institute	Bala Cynwyd, PA	0.2 mi	Radiology clinic	(610) 228-0400
Open MRI Center	Bala Cynwyd, PA	0.3 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(610) 668-3505
Precision Diagnostic Radiology LLC	Philadelphia, PA	1.4 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(215) 483-9900
Hathawayradiologicgroup	Phila, PA	2.2 mi	Radiology clinic	(215) 848-6700

Where it sits

University Open MRI PC in amber, with the 4 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Montgomery 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 Pennsylvania: 51 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$550 to $1,500

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

Hospital outpatient, measured

$234 to $6,214

Median $1,017 cash against a median gross charge of $3,014, from 51 of the 73 Pennsylvania hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 131 in the state, files dated to September 2026.

Philly and Pittsburgh have academic premiums; central PA more competitive. 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 6 hospitals publish a “cash price” that is its chargemaster restated rather than a discount, reaching $9,957; those are kept out of the band above and counted here instead. 10 more hospitals list this code at prices more than three times apart in the same file, from $45 to $1,522, 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 University Open MRI PC.