Find a Pediatric MRI Without Sedation
A free, independent directory of US children's hospitals with awake MRI programs, mock scanners and child life support. Built by a pediatric MRI tech. Every listing links its source and was last checked Oct 23, 2026.
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Named awake MRI program (20)
The hospital has a named program built to help kids do MRI awake.
Phoenix Children's MR-I am Ready
Phoenix Children's Hospital · Phoenix, AZ
Mock/practice scannerVideo/moviesChild life
Phoenix Children's Hospital · Phoenix, AZ
Mock/practice scannerVideo/moviesChild life
UCSF Scan Without Anesthesia Program
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals · San Francisco / Oakland, CA
Video/moviesChild life
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals · San Francisco / Oakland, CA
Video/moviesChild life
Children's National MR-I Can Do It
Children's National Hospital · Washington, DC
Mock/practice scannerChild life
Children's National Hospital · Washington, DC
Mock/practice scannerChild life
Iowa Stead No S'more Sedation
University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital · Iowa City, IA
Video/moviesChild life
University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital · Iowa City, IA
Video/moviesChild life
Lurie MRI Try Without Anesthesia
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL
Child life
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL
Child life
Boston Children's Try Without
Boston Children's Hospital · Boston, MA
Mock/practice scannerVideo/moviesChild life
Boston Children's Hospital · Boston, MA
Mock/practice scannerVideo/moviesChild life
Children's Mercy MRI Try Without
Children's Mercy Kansas City · Kansas City, MO
Video/moviesChild life
Children's Mercy Kansas City · Kansas City, MO
Video/moviesChild life
Novant New Hanover STARS
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center · Wilmington, NC
Video/moviesChild life
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center · Wilmington, NC
Video/moviesChild life
Dayton Children's STAR
Dayton Children's Hospital · Dayton, OH
Video/moviesChild life3T, 1.5T; widest/quietest bore at South Campus
Dayton Children's Hospital · Dayton, OH
Video/moviesChild life3T, 1.5T; widest/quietest bore at South Campus
CHOP Radiology Try It Program
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA
Mock/practice scannerVideo/moviesChild life
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA
Mock/practice scannerVideo/moviesChild life
UPMC Children's MRI Simulator
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA
Mock/practice scannerChild life
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA
Mock/practice scannerChild life
Hasbro MRI After School Program
Hasbro Children's Hospital (Brown University Health) · Providence, RI
Video/moviesChild life
Hasbro Children's Hospital (Brown University Health) · Providence, RI
Video/moviesChild life
Vanderbilt PAWS
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt · Nashville, TN
Video/moviesChild life
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt · Nashville, TN
Video/moviesChild life
Children's Health Kids Can MRI
Children's Health (Children's Medical Center Dallas) · Dallas, TX
Mock/practice scannerChild life
Children's Health (Children's Medical Center Dallas) · Dallas, TX
Mock/practice scannerChild life
Child life support (22)
The hospital offers child life prep or distraction for MRI, but no named awake program.
Stanford Children's MRI
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford · Palo Alto, CA
Video/moviesChild life
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford · Palo Alto, CA
Video/moviesChild life
Johns Hopkins Children's Center Child Life MRI
Johns Hopkins Children's Center · Baltimore, MD
Mock/practice scannerChild life
Johns Hopkins Children's Center · Baltimore, MD
Mock/practice scannerChild life
Nationwide Children's MRI Simulator
Nationwide Children's Hospital · Columbus, OH
Mock/practice scannerChild life
Nationwide Children's Hospital · Columbus, OH
Mock/practice scannerChild life
Penn State Golisano Children's MRI
Penn State Health Children's Hospital (Milton S. Hershey Medical Center) · Hershey, PA
Child life
Penn State Health Children's Hospital (Milton S. Hershey Medical Center) · Hershey, PA
Child life
St. Jude MRI Without Anesthesia
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · Memphis, TN
Mock/practice scannerChild life
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · Memphis, TN
Mock/practice scannerChild life
Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU MRI
Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU · Richmond, VA
Mock/practice scannerVideo/moviesChild lifededicated pediatric 3T
Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU · Richmond, VA
Mock/practice scannerVideo/moviesChild lifededicated pediatric 3T
Ask about it (6)
The hospital mentions awake scans or entertainment, but details are thin. Call and ask.
Cincinnati Children's non-sedation MRI
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, OH
Video/movies
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, OH
Video/movies
Primary Children's Imaging
Primary Children's Hospital (Intermountain) · Salt Lake City, UT
Video/moviesChild life
Primary Children's Hospital (Intermountain) · Salt Lake City, UT
Video/moviesChild life
Open and upright MRI centers
Looking for an open or Stand-Up MRI? Those 18 centers are on their own page because they are not pediatric-specific. See open & upright MRI centers →
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