Sutter Buttes Imaging

What Sutter Buttes Imaging does

Sutter Buttes Imaging Medical Group, Inc. is a private diagnostic imaging practice headquartered in Yuba City, California, founded in 1954 by Dr. Robert Ayers and Dr. Robert Wallace and incorporated in 1970 (renamed to its current name in 1996). The practice provides a comprehensive range of radiology services — MRI/MRA (GE 1.5 Tesla), CT/CTA (Toshiba Aquilion multi-slice), ultrasound, digital X-ray, fluoroscopy, Hologic Selenia digital mammography, bone densitometry (DEXA), PET/CT, nuclear medicine, and interventional procedures (including vertebroplasty, angiography, and image-guided biopsies) — delivered by a team of 10 board-certified radiologists with subspecialty training in neuroradiology, interventional radiology, body imaging, breast imaging, and nuclear medicine. Operations are supported by PACS digital image management (pacs.sbmri.net), ACR accreditation for MRI and CT, and credentialed technologists holding California CRT, ARRT, and RDMS certifications.

The business operates a physician-referred model: appointments are scheduled by phone (530-674-9000), all procedures require a physician order, and revenue is generated through fee-for-service billing to insurance (in-network with Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, Medicare, Medi-Cal, and United Healthcare, among others) plus professional interpretation fees for hospital-based reads. Its primary customers are individual patients in the Yuba-Sutter Bi-County region and hospital partners including Rideout Memorial Hospital, Fremont Hospital, and the Rideout Cancer Center, where Sutter Buttes radiologists supervise and interpret imaging. Marketing relies on hospital and physician referrals plus community programs such as Pink October and Relay for Life, with no significant digital sales motion.

The practice's main Diagnostic Imaging Center at 945 Shasta Street, Suite 100, permanently closed effective March 16, 2024. The Adventist Health+Rideout Women's Imaging Center at Suite 150 remains operational under a partnership with Rideout Health, the business and administrative office remains open, and radiologists continue providing hospital-based imaging services at Adventist Health+Rideout. The ownership remains local physician-owned (with founders' children among current radiologists), with no private equity, venture capital, or parent-company ownership indicated.

Name

Sutter Buttes Imaging

Legal name

Sutter Buttes Imaging Medical Group, Inc.

Website

https://sutterbuttesimaging.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sutter Buttes Imaging is a private, physician-owned diagnostic radiology practice in Yuba City, California, founded in 1954, serving the Yuba-Sutter community with MRI, CT, ultrasound, mammography, X-ray, PET/CT, and interventional radiology delivered by 10 board-certified subspecialty radiologists and partner hospitals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Diagnostic Imaging Services

NAICS

Diagnostic Imaging Centers (621512)

akta.pro primary industry

Radiology Imaging Centers (X-ray/CT/MRI/Ultrasound) (HLAFAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Advanced Imaging & Specialty Radiology Centers (PET/CT, Nuclear Medicine, Interventional Radiology) (HLAFAKAB)

Keywords

• Diagnostic imaging services
• Radiology services
• Medical imaging
• Women's imaging
• Interventional radiology

Headquarters

HQ city

Yuba City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Diagnostic Imaging Services: The practice generates revenue through providing diagnostic imaging services including MRI, CT, ultrasound, mammography, X-ray, fluoroscopy, PET/CT, nuclear medicine, and interventional radiology. Services are billed to insurance, with the practice filing claims directly as a participating provider.
2. Professional Radiology Interpretation: Board-certified radiologists provide interpretation services for imaging exams performed at the facility and at hospital settings. When exams are performed at Rideout Memorial Hospital, patients receive separate bills for the radiologist reading and hospital fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sutter Buttes Imaging is a private diagnostic medical group practice founded in 1954 in Yuba City, California, providing comprehensive outpatient and hospital-based radiology services. The practice offers MRI, CT, ultrasound, digital mammography, X-ray, fluoroscopy, PET/CT, nuclear medicine, bone densitometry, and interventional procedures, delivered by board-certified radiologists with subspecialty expertise.

Product overview

Sutter Buttes Imaging Medical Group is a diagnostic imaging facility offering comprehensive radiology services as a single unified practice rather than a platform architecture. The core services include MRI/MRA (using a GE 1.5 Tesla unit), CT/CTA (Toshiba Aquilion multi-slice scanner), Ultrasound, Digital X-Ray, Fluoroscopy, and specialized Women's Imaging (Center for Women's Imaging with Hologic Selenia mammography). Additional services include Bone Densitometry (DEXA), PET/CT, Nuclear Medicine, and Interventional Procedures including Vertebroplasty. The facility operates as a fully-digital free-standing imaging center utilizing PACS technology, with radiologists interpreting images and performing procedures at both the imaging center and affiliated hospitals (Rideout Memorial, Fremont-Rideout Health Group). The diagnostic imaging center at 945 Shasta Street, Suite 100 closed in March 2024, but the Women's Imaging Center (Suite 150) and hospital-based services continue.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Center for Women's Imaging: A collaboration between Sutter Buttes Imaging and Rideout Health providing state-of-the-art women's imaging services including breast imaging and DEXA scans.

Products and services

• MRI / MRA Magnetic resonance imaging and MR angiography scans performed for individual patients referred by physicians for detailed soft-tissue and vascular diagnosis.
• CT / CTA Computed tomography and CT angiography examinations for individual patients, supporting cross-sectional diagnostic evaluation.
• Ultrasound Diagnostic ultrasound imaging for individual patients, used for general abdominal, vascular, and obstetric sonographic evaluations.
• Digital X-Ray Digital radiography services available on a walk-in basis for individual patients and referring physicians.
• Fluoroscopy Real-time fluoroscopic imaging for individual patients requiring dynamic X-ray guidance for diagnostic studies.
• Center for Women's Imaging A dedicated women's imaging program offering digital mammography, breast ultrasound, and bone densitometry (DEXA) for female patients.
• PET and PET/CT Positron emission tomography and combined PET/CT imaging for individual patients requiring metabolic and anatomic diagnostic evaluation.
• Nuclear Medicine Nuclear medicine studies for individual patients, providing functional imaging using radiopharmaceuticals.
• Interventional Procedures Image-guided interventional radiology procedures for individual patients, including minimally invasive treatments.
• Vertebroplasty Image-guided vertebroplasty procedure performed for individual patients to treat vertebral compression fractures.

Quantifiable outcome

• Results communicated to referring physicians within 24 hours of exam completion
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Rideout HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2017Collaboration between Sutter Buttes Imaging and Rideout Health resulted in the Rideout Center for Women's Imaging at 945 Shasta Street, Suite 150. Sutter Buttes radiologists interpret all imaging and perform stereotactic and ultrasound-guided biopsies at the Center. The partnership provides state-of-the-art women's imaging services in a warm, inviting atmosphere with current technology.
• American Cancer SocietyminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2009Proud sponsor of Relay for Life for over 15 years. Staff forms a team to participate in the 24-hour event to help raise cancer awareness and contribute to this important community event.
• Pink October / Geweke's Caring For Women FoundationminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2006Sutter Buttes Imaging participates in Pink October, National Breast Cancer Awareness month, as a co-sponsor and partner. The practice provides low-cost mammograms to uninsured or under-insured patients and co-sponsors the Race for Awareness and Survivor Fashion Show.
• Fremont-Rideout Health GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1954Radiologists of Sutter Buttes Imaging have maintained a long-standing relationship serving imaging departments at Fremont-Rideout Health Group facilities, including Rideout Memorial Hospital and Fremont Hospital, since the practice was established.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• RadNet: Largest US outpatient diagnostic imaging operator with ~350 centers offering MRI, CT, ultrasound, mammography, and PET/CT. Comparable to SBI in modality mix but operates at vastly greater scale and geographic reach, serving as the benchmark incumbent for outpatient diagnostic imaging services.
• SimonMed Imaging: Large multi-modality outpatient imaging network with subspecialty radiologist staffing across MRI, CT, mammography, and advanced imaging. Comparable to SBI in offering comprehensive diagnostic imaging with fellowship-trained radiologists, but at much broader national scale.
• US Radiology Specialists: Radiology practice partnership platform combining subspecialty teleradiology and onsite imaging center operations. Comparable to SBI in subspecialty-driven diagnostic imaging model and partnership-with-hospital-systems orientation, though vastly larger and tech-enabled.
• Akumin: Outpatient diagnostic imaging operator with multi-modality centers including MRI, CT, PET/CT, and mammography. Comparable to SBI in service mix and freestanding-center delivery model, with broader geographic footprint and contract-based hospital relationships.

Direct peers

• RAYUS Radiology: Subspecialty-driven outpatient and hospital-affiliated diagnostic imaging practice offering MRI, CT, mammography, and interventional procedures with fellowship-trained radiologists. Closely comparable to SBI in subspecialty radiology staffing and multi-modality diagnostic imaging services for community-hospital referral networks.
• Touchstone Medical Imaging: Outpatient diagnostic imaging operator offering MRI, CT, ultrasound, X-ray, and mammography in community settings. Directly comparable to SBI in freestanding-center delivery model and multi-modality community imaging focus.
• Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI): Subspecialty radiology practice offering MRI, CT, mammography, and interventional procedures with board-certified radiologists. Directly comparable to SBI in subspecialty radiologist staffing model and community-based multi-modality imaging services.
• Envision Radiology: Multi-site outpatient diagnostic imaging group offering MRI, CT, X-ray, mammography, and interventional services with subspecialty radiologists. Comparable to SBI as a community-rooted, subspecialty-staffed imaging practice serving regional referral networks.

Others

• Adventist Health: Integrated health system and SBI's primary hospital partner since 1954, operating Rideout Memorial Hospital and its own Outpatient Imaging center in Marysville. Relevant as a strategic counterparty — both referral source and now direct outpatient imaging competitor for SBI.
• Sutter Health: Integrated Northern California health system operating Sutter Imaging Center Yuba City, which SBI now refers displaced patients to. Relevant as a same-geography imaging competitor and potential partner/affiliation counterparty given SBI's own "Sutter" naming and Yuba City footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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