FryeCare Outpatient Imaging Center 

FryeCare Outpatient Imaging Offers a High Level of Comfort and Care

Extended Hours Available Monday through Thursday until 5:30 p.m.

FryeCare Outpatient Imaging Center is located six miles southeast of Frye Regional Medical Center in Tate Medical Commons. The center is dedicated to providing superior customer service and aims to deliver a “branded experience” built around quality and convenience both for patients and physicians

A physician order is required for all procedures performed at the FryeCare Outpatient Imaging Center, with the exception of screening mammography.

To schedule an appointment, please call our Centralized Scheduling Department at 828.315.3390 Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. You may also call the Centralized Scheduling Department to request an appointment outside of our normal hours of operation.

Our Quality

Our radiologists are board certified and our technologists are credentialed by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists. Many of our services are accredited by the American College of Radiology which proves our commitment to providing quality care.

American College of Radiology (ACR) Certifications

A Fully Accredited Breast Center

FryeCare Outpatient Imaging Offers a Fully Accredited Breast Center you can trust. 

A certified breast care nurse navigator is available to all of our patients.

Certified Breast Care Nurse

FryeCare Outpatient Imaging's Certified Breast Care Nurse Kim Sherrill RN, BSN is specially trained in breast health. She is here to guide you if your mammogram has an abnormal result and will provide you with real time results to your diagnostic mammogram. She is also available to answer your questions should you need to have a breast ultrasound or other breast imaging procedure.

For more information about early detection speak with a Certified Breast Care Nurse by calling 828.315.7020.

FryeCare Outpatient Imaging offers a variety of other outpatient diagnostic imaging services.  

Other services include:

• Digital Mammography including 3D Mammography
• Bone Densitometry
• Computed tomography (CT) including CT colonography and CT lung screening
• Fluoroscopy
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) including Open MRI.  We also provide mobile MRI services to Alexander County.
• Nuclear medicine
• Stereotactic breast biopsy
• Ultrasound including ultrasound guided breast biopsy
• X-Ray

High Field Open MRI

FryeCare Outpatient Imaging offers a High Field Open MRI, one of the most powerful Open MRI systems available. The Open MRI has distinct advantages over traditional MRI scanners:

• 270-degree unobstructed view
• Friendly, accommodating system design
• Spacious and comfortable imaging suite

Contact Us

To schedule an appointment, please call our Centralized Scheduling Department at 828.315.3390 Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. You may also call the Centralized Scheduling Department to request an appointment outside of our normal hours of operation.

Find Us

FryeCare Outpatient Imaging Center
1781 Tate Blvd. SE
Hickory, NC 28602
Phone: 828.315.7030
Fax: 828.315.7040 
Mammography Fax: 828.315.5979 
Hours of Operation
Monday through Thursday 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Friday 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.