Radiology clinicNPI registry, September 2026

Carolinas Imaging-Lake City

Registered legal name: Carolinas Medical Alliance INC

148 Sauls St, Suite F, Lake City, SC 29560

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(843) 669-9440

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 9 May 2017. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1114467586
Type: Radiology clinic/centre
Taxonomy codes: 2085R0202X (Diagnostic radiology (physician specialty code carried by an organisation)); 261QR0200X (Radiology clinic/center); also 2085R0001X, 2085U0001X
Practice location: 148 Sauls St, Suite F, Lake City, SC 29560
Telephone: (843) 669-9440
NPI issued: 3 March 2017 (9 years ago)
Record updated: 9 May 2017 (9 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Florence, SC (metropolitan area, Florence 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

Carolinas Imaging-Lake City, the trading name of Carolinas Medical Alliance INC, is an NPI registry record for a radiology clinic/centre at 148 Sauls St, Suite F in Lake City, South Carolina 29560. CMS issued NPI 1114467586 on 3 March 2017, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 9 May 2017. That was 9 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 Radiology clinic/center (261QR0200X). It registered as a radiology clinic without the MRI-specific code, so ask which modalities it operates before assuming an MRI is available. It also holds 2 other taxonomy codes (2085R0001X, 2085U0001X).

Lake City sits in the Florence, SC metropolitan area (Florence County), which has 10 imaging-centre records on the South Carolina side in the September 2026 file, 1 of them with the MRI code, out of 175 across South Carolina. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Lake City - Kingstree Radiology, PC (0.5 miles, Lake City), Florence MRI & Imaging (21 miles, Florence) and Musc Health Imaging (21 miles, Florence), with 2 more within 22 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) 669-9440 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 148 Sauls 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)
Lake City - Kingstree Radiology, PC	Lake City, SC	0.5 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(843) 374-6171
Florence MRI & Imaging	Florence, SC	21 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(770) 300-0101
Musc Health Imaging	Florence, SC	21 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(615) 261-2306
Florence Radiological	Florence, SC	22 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(843) 669-5162
Fns Imaging	Florence, SC	22 mi	MRI centre	(843) 673-0122

Where it sits

Carolinas Imaging-Lake City in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Florence 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.

Browse and compare

All 10 centres in Florence South Carolina imaging centres Questions to ask before booking Cash-pay MRI guide Imaging centre directory

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 Carolinas Imaging-Lake City.