MRI centreNPI registry, September 2026

Bay City Imaging INC

1403 Valhalla Dr Ste B, Wharton, TX 77488

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(979) 943-7010

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 20 February 2019. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1497211965
Other NPIs: 1689198269 (same organisation, same address; folded into this listing)
Type: MRI centre
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center); 2085R0202X (Diagnostic radiology (physician specialty code carried by an organisation))
Practice location: 1403 Valhalla Dr Ste B, Wharton, TX 77488
Telephone: (979) 943-7010
NPI issued: 20 February 2019 (7 years ago)
Record updated: 20 February 2019 (7 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: El Campo, TX (micropolitan area, Wharton County)
State: Texas (1,450 records statewide)
Map position: Census address match (rooftop level)
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Bay City Imaging INC is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre at 1403 Valhalla Dr Ste B in Wharton, Texas 77488. CMS issued NPI 1497211965 on 20 February 2019, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 20 February 2019. That was 7 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: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center (261QM1200X) and Diagnostic radiology (physician specialty code carried by an organisation) (2085R0202X). 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. CMS also holds a second NPI for the same organisation at this address (1689198269), folded into this listing.

Wharton sits in the El Campo, TX micropolitan area (Wharton County), which has 2 imaging-centre records on the Texas side in the September 2026 file, 1 of them with the MRI code, out of 1,450 across Texas. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Collins Fisher Radiology Associates (1.1 miles, Wharton), Oak Tree Imaging, LP (24 miles, Bay City) and Oak Tree Diagnostic, LLC (24 miles, Bay City), with 2 more within 24 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our Texas freestanding-centre estimate is $500 to $1,400 for a typical single-region MRI. At Texas hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $236 to $10,390 for a brain MRI, median $2,190, from 125 of the 194 Texas hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 285 in the state, files dated to September 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (979) 943-7010 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 1403 Valhalla Dr Ste B, straight-line distance. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
Collins Fisher Radiology Associates	Wharton, TX	1.1 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(713) 481-3533
Oak Tree Imaging, LP	Bay City, TX	24 mi	MRI + radiology	(979) 323-9797
Oak Tree Diagnostic, LLC	Bay City, TX	24 mi	MRI centre	(979) 245-9797
River Oaks Imaging and Diagnostic LP	Bay City, TX	24 mi	Radiology org. (name-classified)	(979) 323-9797
Bay City Imaging INC	Bay City, TX	24 mi	MRI + radiology	(979) 323-9797

Where it sits

Bay City Imaging INC in amber, with the 5 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Wharton 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 Texas: 125 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$500 to $1,400

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

Hospital outpatient, measured

$236 to $10,390

Median $2,190 cash against a median gross charge of $4,174, from 125 of the 194 Texas hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 285 in the state, files dated to September 2026.

Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio all competitive; Houston Methodist and MD Anderson at the top. 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 42 hospitals publish a “cash price” that is its chargemaster restated rather than a discount, reaching $23,252; those are kept out of the band above and counted here instead. 4 more hospitals list this code at prices more than three times apart in the same file, from $124 to $362, 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 Bay City Imaging INC.