MRI centreNPI registry, September 2026

Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC

2550 Elms Center Rd, N Charleston, SC 29406

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(843) 572-7727

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 1 June 2021. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1629017694
Type: MRI centre
Taxonomy codes: 2085R0202X (Diagnostic radiology (physician specialty code carried by an organisation)); 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center); also 207Q00000X, 2085U0001X, 261QP2000X, 261QU0200X, 291U00000X
Practice location: 2550 Elms Center Rd, N Charleston, SC 29406
Telephone: (843) 572-7727
NPI issued: 5 June 2006 (20 years ago)
Record updated: 1 June 2021 (5 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Charleston-North Charleston, SC (metropolitan area, Charleston County)
State: South Carolina (175 records statewide)
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre at 2550 Elms Center Rd in N Charleston, South Carolina 29406. CMS issued NPI 1629017694 on 5 June 2006, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 1 June 2021. That was 5 years ago, so treat the phone number and suite as unverified until you have spoken to someone there.

The record carries 2 imaging taxonomy codes: Diagnostic radiology (physician specialty code carried by an organisation) (2085R0202X) and 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. It also holds 5 other taxonomy codes (207Q00000X, 2085U0001X, 261QP2000X, 261QU0200X, 291U00000X).

N Charleston sits in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metropolitan area (Charleston County), which has 26 imaging-centre records on the South Carolina side in the September 2026 file, 2 of them with the MRI code, out of 175 across South Carolina. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Tricom Diagnostic Imaging (0.6 miles, N Charleston), Larkspire LLC (4.6 miles, North Charleston) and Ossp Imaging of North Charleston (5.1 miles, North Charleston), with 2 more within 8.9 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our South Carolina freestanding-centre estimate is $470 to $1,250 for a typical single-region MRI. At South Carolina hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $893 to $3,288 for a brain MRI, median $3,147, from 19 of the 21 South Carolina hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 51 in the state, files dated to July 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (843) 572-7727 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 2550 Elms Center 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)
Tricom Diagnostic Imaging	N Charleston, SC	0.6 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(770) 300-0101
Larkspire LLC	North Charleston, SC	4.6 mi	Radiology clinic	(406) 309-6462
Ossp Imaging of North Charleston	North Charleston, SC	5.1 mi	Radiology clinic	(678) 752-7246
Patriotmed of Kansas, P. A.	North Charleston, SC	5.7 mi	Radiology clinic	(843) 737-0958
Summerville MRI & Imaging	Summerville, SC	8.9 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(770) 300-0101

Where it sits

Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Charleston 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 South Carolina: 19 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$470 to $1,250

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

Hospital outpatient, measured

$893 to $3,288

Median $3,147 cash against a median gross charge of $4,475, from 19 of the 21 South Carolina hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 51 in the state, files dated to July 2026.

Charleston and Columbia have the most competitive networks. 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 1 hospital publishes a “cash price” that is its chargemaster restated rather than a discount, reaching $445; 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.

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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 Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC.