Queensland X-Ray 189 Lake Street, Cairns

Queensland X-Ray 189 Lake Street is at Queensland X-Ray, 189 Lake St, Cairns QLD 4870, and it is on the Medicare accreditation register. The register records it under practice number 7605, accredited for x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI. That accreditation has run since 12 March 2015 and is 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. 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 07 4046 7800, their website and listed hours mon: 08:00-17:00; tue: 08:00-17:00; wed: 08:00-17:00; thu: 08:00-17:00; fri: 08:00-17:00. 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 Cairns; which one suits you is a question of hours, wait and what they charge, not of accreditation.

The register does not cover it for nuclear medicine and PET, so for those the nearest nuclear medicine is Queensland X-Ray Cairns Private Hospital in Cairns City, about 0 km away and the nearest PET is Cairns Hospital/Medical Imaging Department in Cairns, about 0 km away.

Queensland X-Ray Cairns Private Hospital in Cairns City is the closest alternative, 0 km from here. I-MED Radiology Cairns in Cairns is the next closest at 0 km. Cairns Hospital/Medical Imaging Department is 0 km away in Cairns. Unless your referral says otherwise you can usually take it wherever suits you.

Services this practice lists itself: Computed Tomography (CT), EOS Imaging, Ultrasound and X-ray. That is the practice's own wording, kept within what it is accredited for — we do not treat a chain's national service menu as a claim about one branch.

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.