MRI centreNPI registry, September 2026

Chippewa Valley Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Clinic Sc

1200 Oakleaf Way Ste A, Altoona, WI 54720

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Practice-location phone (registry)

(715) 832-1400

As recorded by the organisation in NPPES, last updated 4 June 2026. Not verified by us.

Registry Record

NPI: 1699778829
Type: MRI centre
Taxonomy codes: 261QM1200X (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) clinic/center); also 207T00000X, 207X00000X, 208VP0014X, 213ES0103X, 261QP2000X, 332B00000X, 363A00000X
Practice location: 1200 Oakleaf Way Ste A, Altoona, WI 54720
Telephone: (715) 832-1400
NPI issued: 23 May 2005 (21 years ago)
Record updated: 4 June 2026 (0 years ago)
NPI status: NPI active as reported by CMS 2026-09
Metro area: Eau Claire, WI (metropolitan area, Eau Claire County)
State: Wisconsin (110 records statewide)
Map position: ZIP-code centroid for 54720 (address not matched by the Census geocoder); distances approximate
Snapshot: NPPES data dissemination file, 14 September 2026

What the Record Tells You

Chippewa Valley Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Clinic Sc is an NPI registry record for an MRI centre at 1200 Oakleaf Way Ste A in Altoona, Wisconsin 54720. CMS issued NPI 1699778829 on 23 May 2005, and the organisation last updated its own entry on 4 June 2026. That is recent, so the contact details are likely current.

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. It also holds 7 other taxonomy codes (207T00000X, 207X00000X, 208VP0014X, 213ES0103X, 261QP2000X, 332B00000X, 363A00000X).

Altoona sits in the Eau Claire, WI metropolitan area (Eau Claire County), which has 5 imaging-centre records on the Wisconsin side in the September 2026 file, 3 of them with the MRI code, out of 110 across Wisconsin. The nearest alternatives in the registry are Oakleaf Clinics-Oakleaf Imaging (1.9 miles, Eau Claire), Chippewa Valley Open MRI (2.4 miles, Eau Claire) and Diaspora Radiology DBA Smart Scan Medical Imaging (2.6 miles, Eau Claire), with 1 more within 2.6 miles.

For a cash-pay benchmark, our Wisconsin freestanding-centre estimate is $500 to $1,350 for a typical single-region MRI. At Wisconsin hospitals the cash price is measured rather than estimated: $873 to $2,544 for a brain MRI, median $2,110, from 28 of the 42 Wisconsin hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 64 in the state, files dated to August 2026. This centre's own prices are not in the registry: call (715) 832-1400 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 1200 Oakleaf Way Ste A, straight-line distance, measured from the ZIP centroid. Rows without a link are name-classified radiology organisations or records outside a metro page.

Centre	City	Distance	Type	Phone (registry)
Oakleaf Clinics-Oakleaf Imaging	Eau Claire, WI	1.9 mi	Radiology clinic	(715) 839-9280
Chippewa Valley Open MRI	Eau Claire, WI	2.4 mi	MRI centre	(715) 830-9507
Diaspora Radiology DBA Smart Scan Medical Imaging	Eau Claire, WI	2.6 mi	MRI centre	(855) 694-3300
Smart Scan Medical Imaging - Eau Claire, LLC	Eau Claire, WI	2.6 mi	Radiology clinic	(715) 895-6194

Where it sits

Chippewa Valley Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Clinic Sc in amber, with the 4 nearest registry records in teal. Boundary drawn: Eau Claire 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 Wisconsin: 28 hospitals measured

Freestanding imaging centre, estimated

$500 to $1,350

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

Hospital outpatient, measured

$873 to $2,544

Median $2,110 cash against a median gross charge of $3,811, from 28 of the 42 Wisconsin hospitals whose own price files we have read, out of 64 in the state, files dated to August 2026.

Milwaukee and Madison competitive; Aurora and Froedtert large. 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. 9 more hospitals list this code at prices more than three times apart in the same file, from $79 to $1,049, 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 Chippewa Valley Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Clinic Sc.