Nepean Hospital Medical Imaging (NBMLHD), Penrith

You will find Nepean Hospital Medical Imaging (NBMLHD) at Radiology Department West Block, L 2 Derby St, Penrith NSW 2750. Its Medicare Location Specific Practice Number is 5683, and the register lists it as accredited for x-ray, ultrasound, CT, MRI and PET — accredited since 28 May 2010, current 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. 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 4734 2000 and their website. Contact details here follow the practice's own listings.

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

For nuclear medicine you would need somewhere else: the nearest nuclear medicine is Castlereagh Imaging Nepean Health Hub in Kingswood, about 0 km away.

The nearest other accredited practice is Ultrasound For Women Penrith in Kingswood, about 0 km away. Nepean Public Hospital in Kingswood is the next closest at 0 km. Nepean Diagnostics is 0 km away in Kingswood. A referral is generally not tied to one clinic, so if the wait here is long it is worth asking whether another practice can see you sooner.

What we hold about this site comes from 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.