Alpenglow Tamworth Diagnostic Imaging

You will find Alpenglow Tamworth Diagnostic Imaging at Tamworth Diagnostic Imaging, 103 Peel St, Tamworth NSW 2340. The register records it under practice number 7666, accredited for x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI, with the current accreditation running from 27 April 2015 to 31 October 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 02 6764 6000, their website and listed hours mon: 08:00-17:00; tue: 08:00-17:00; wed: 08:00-17:00; thu: 08:00-17:00; fri: 08:00-17:00. These contact details come from healthdirect's directory rather than the practice itself, so confirm them on the call.

There are five accredited practices in Tamworth; which one suits you is a question of hours, wait and what they charge, not of accreditation.

For nuclear medicine and PET you would need somewhere else: the nearest nuclear medicine is Castlereagh Imaging Tamworth (now Hunter Imaging, Sonic Healthcare) in Tamworth, about 1 km away and the nearest PET is Hunter New England Imaging - Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital in Tamworth, about 1 km away.

Hunter Imaging Tamworth in Tamworth is the closest alternative, 1 km from here. Hunter New England Imaging - Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital in Tamworth is the next closest at 1 km. Castlereagh Imaging Tamworth (now Hunter Imaging, Sonic Healthcare) is 1 km away in Tamworth. Unless your referral says otherwise you can usually take it wherever suits you.

The practice's own listings mention About Us, CT-scan, Careers, Contact Us, Diagnostic Imaging Pathways and Download Digital Referrals. Those are its words, not the register's, and we show only the ones consistent with what it is accredited for.

Sources for this page: the Medicare LSPN register, healthdirect's directory and healthdirect's directory, 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.