Hunter New England Imaging - Calvary Mater Ne…

Hunter New England Imaging - Calvary Mater Newcastle (Waratah) is at Radiology Mater Hospital, 20 Edith St, Waratah NSW 2298, and it is on the Medicare accreditation register. Its Medicare Location Specific Practice Number is 2207, and the register lists it as accredited for x-ray, ultrasound, CT, MRI and PET, with the current accreditation running from 12 June 2003 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. What you actually pay still depends on the item number on your referral and this practice's billing policy, so ask before the appointment.

Phone 02 4014 4600 and their website. Contact details here follow the practice's own listings.

Waratah has three accredited practices in total — this is one of them, and a referral is generally not tied to any of them.

This practice is not accredited for nuclear medicine. If your referral is for one of those, the nearest nuclear medicine is Hunter New England Imaging - Calvary Mater Newcastle (Nuclear Medicine & PET) in Waratah, about 1 km away.

If this one does not suit, Hunter New England Imaging - Calvary Mater Newcastle (Nuclear Medicine & PET) is 1 km away in Waratah. Clarity Imaging in Waratah is the next closest at 1 km. Newcastle Ultrasound is 2 km away in Lambton. 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 and a hand-verified check, 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.