Hunter Imaging Salamander Bay

You will find Hunter Imaging Salamander Bay at Hunter Imaging Group, Se 2 6 Central Ave, Salamander Bay NSW 2317. The register records it under practice number 9169, accredited for x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI, with the current accreditation running from 16 July 2018 to 30 November 2026.

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. It does not mean every MRI here is rebated: that turns on the item your referral asks for and on what this practice charges. Ask them when you book.

Phone 13 23 36, 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 two accredited practices in Salamander Bay; 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 Hunter New England Imaging - Calvary Mater Newcastle (Nuclear Medicine & PET) in Waratah, about 41 km away and the nearest PET is Hunter New England Imaging - Calvary Mater Newcastle (Waratah) in Waratah, about 41 km away.

If this one does not suit, PRP Diagnostic Imaging Salamander Bay is 0 km away in Salamander Bay. Tomaree Community Hospital in Tomaree is the next closest at 5 km. Hunter Imaging Williamtown is 26 km away in Williamtown. A referral is not usually tied to a single practice — ask if you would rather go elsewhere.

The practice's own listings mention Computed Tomography (CT), Injections and biopsies, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Ultrasound and X-Rays. 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.

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