North Coast Radiology Ballina

North Coast Radiology Ballina runs imaging services from North Coast Radiology Radiology, 93 Tamar St, Ballina NSW 2478. Practice number 192 in the Medicare register covers it for x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI — accredited since 20 May 2003, current to 30 November 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 1300 669 729 and their website. These contact details come from healthdirect's directory rather than the practice itself, so confirm them on the call.

There are three accredited practices in Ballina; 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: nuclear medicine and PET are both at Lismore Base Hospital/Medical Imaging Dept in Lismore, about 27 km away.

The nearest other accredited practice is Ballina Hospital/Medical Imaging Dept in Ballina, about 0 km away. Lumus Imaging Ballina in Ballina is the next closest at 0 km. North Coast Radiology Goonellabah is 21 km away in Goonellabah. 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.

The practice's own listings mention About Us, CT scan, Careers, Contact Us, Diagnostic Imaging Pathways and Digital Referrals. Those are its words, not the register's, and we show only the ones consistent with what it is accredited for.

Sources for this page: 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.