Capital Radiology Footscray - WPH

Capital Radiology Footscray - WPH runs imaging services from Western Private Hospital, 1-9 Marion St, Footscray VIC 3011. Its Medicare Location Specific Practice Number is 4976, and the register lists it as accredited for x-ray, ultrasound, CT, MRI, nuclear medicine and PET. That accreditation has run since 3 December 2008 and is current to 31 May 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 03 9236 4088, their website and listed hours mon 09:00 am - 05:00 pm; tue 09:00 am - 05:00 pm; wed 09:00 am - 05:00 pm; thu 09:00 am - 05:00 pm; fri 09:00 am - 05:00 pm; sat 09:00 am - 01:00 pm. Contact details here follow the practice's own listings.

It is one of five accredited practices in Footscray, so it is worth ringing more than one if the wait matters to you.

Precious Health Radiology in Footscray is the closest alternative, 0 km from here. Western Health Medical Imaging (Footscray Hospital) in Footscray is the next closest at 1 km. Radiology Imaging Solutions is 2 km away in Footscray. Unless your referral says otherwise you can usually take it wherever suits you.

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

A PET scan is the scarcest scan in Australia — the scanners sit almost entirely in capital cities and a handful of large regional hospitals.