Lithgow Hospital Medical Imaging (NBMLHD)

Lithgow Hospital Medical Imaging (NBMLHD) is at Cnr Col Drewe & Great Western Hwy, Lithgow NSW 2790, and it is on the Medicare accreditation register. Its Medicare Location Specific Practice Number is 1450, and the register lists it as accredited for x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI, with the current accreditation running from 26 May 2003 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. 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 02 6350 2450 and their website. Contact details here follow the practice's own listings.

It is the only accredited imaging practice in Lithgow that we hold.

The register does not cover it for nuclear medicine and PET, so for those the nearest nuclear medicine is Prp Diagnostic Imaging-Bathurst in Bathurst, about 52 km away and the nearest PET is Castlereagh Imaging Nepean Health Hub in Kingswood, about 61 km away.

Blue Mountains District ANZAC Memorial Hospital - Medical Imaging in Katoomba is the closest alternative, 27 km from here. Alpenglow Katoomba Diagnostic Imaging in Katoomba is the next closest at 30 km. Radiology Department Oberon Health Service is 34 km away in Oberon. 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.