Hunter Imaging Gateshead PET and MRI Centre

Hunter Imaging Gateshead PET and MRI Centre is an accredited imaging practice at Hunter Imaging Group, 10 Sydney St, Gateshead NSW 2290. Its Medicare Location Specific Practice Number is 8130, and the register lists it as accredited for CT, MRI, nuclear medicine and PET — accredited since 24 March 2016, current to 31 August 2027.

MRI accredited, not Medicare-listed. This practice has an accredited MRI unit, but it does not appear on the Government's Medicare-eligible MRI list. An MRI here may not attract a Medicare rebate. Ask about the out-of-pocket cost before you book.

Phone 13 23 36, their website and listed hours mon: 09:00-17:00; tue: 09:00-17:00; wed: 09:00-17:00; thu: 09:00-17:00; fri: 09:00-17:00. These contact details come from healthdirect's directory rather than the practice itself, so confirm them on the call.

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

For x-ray and ultrasound you would need somewhere else: x-ray and ultrasound are both at Hunter Imaging Gateshead in Gateshead, about 0 km away.

Hunter Imaging Gateshead in Gateshead is the closest alternative, 0 km from here. Hunter Imaging Gateshead PET-CT & MRI in Gateshead is the next closest at 0 km. Hunter Imaging Gateshead is 0 km away in Gateshead. Unless your referral says otherwise you can usually take it wherever suits you.

The practice's own listings mention Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and PET-CT. Those are its words, not the register's, and we show only the ones consistent with what it is accredited for.

What we hold about this site comes from 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.