AdelaideMRI East, Payneham

You will find AdelaideMRI East at 298 Payneham Rd, Payneham SA 5070. Practice number 10789 in the Medicare register covers it for x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI — accredited since 29 November 2021, current to 30 June 2027.

Medicare-eligible MRI. This practice appears on the Australian Government's list of Medicare-eligible MRI locations (list last updated 17 February 2026). That means a Medicare rebate is possible for an MRI done here. Whether your scan attracts one depends on the MBS item, who wrote your referral, and the practice's own billing policy — ask when you book.

Phone 08 8440 7709 and their website. Those details are the ones the practice publishes itself.

It is the only accredited imaging practice in Payneham that we hold.

This practice is not accredited for nuclear medicine and PET. If your referral is for one of those, the nearest nuclear medicine is Sa Medical Imaging Women'S & Children'S Hospital in North Adelaide, about 4 km away and the nearest PET is Benson Radiology North Adelaide in North Adelaide, about 3 km away.

If this one does not suit, Jones Radiology-Sportsmed is 2 km away in Stepney. Radiology SA Campbelltown in Campbelltown is the next closest at 2 km. Lumus Imaging Norwood is 2 km away in Norwood. A referral is not usually tied to a single practice — ask if you would rather go elsewhere.

Sources for this page: the Medicare LSPN register, plus the practice's own website.

An MRI uses a magnetic field rather than x-rays, and the machines are expensive, so far fewer places have one.