Launceston General Hospital Medical Imaging

Launceston General Hospital Medical Imaging is at Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, 274 Charles St, Launceston TAS 7250, and it is on the Medicare accreditation register. Practice number 1041 in the Medicare register covers it for x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI — accredited since 28 May 2003, current to 31 August 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 03 6777 6110 and their website. Contact details here follow the practice's own listings.

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

For nuclear medicine and PET you would need somewhere else: nuclear medicine and PET are both at I-MED Radiology St Vincents Hospital — Launceston in Launceston, about 1 km away.

Lumus Imaging Launceston in Launceston is the closest alternative, 0 km from here. Radiology Tasmania Launceston in South Launceston is the next closest at 1 km. I-MED Radiology Jimmy’s Complex Charles St, Launceston     is 1 km away in Launceston. Unless your referral says otherwise you can usually take it wherever suits you.

Sources for this page: the Medicare LSPN register and a hand-verified check, 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.