Queensland X-Ray Cairns Private Hospital

Queensland X-Ray Cairns Private Hospital is at Queensland X-Ray Cairns Private Hospital, 144 Lake St, Cairns City QLD 4870, and it is on the Medicare accreditation register. The register records it under practice number 1121, accredited for x-ray, ultrasound, CT, MRI and nuclear medicine, with the current accreditation running from 27 May 2003 to 31 October 2026.

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 07 4046 7800, their website and listed hours mon: 07:00-19:00; tue: 07:00-19:00; wed: 07:00-19:00; thu: 07:00-19:00; fri: 07:00-19:00; sat: 08:00-14:00; sun: 08:00-13:00. These contact details come from healthdirect's directory rather than the practice itself, so confirm them on the call.

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

The register does not cover it for PET, so for those the nearest PET is Cairns Hospital/Medical Imaging Department in Cairns, about 0 km away.

Queensland X-Ray 189 Lake Street in Cairns 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.

In its own words, the practice offers CT Dentascan, Computed Tomography (CT), Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound and X-ray. We keep provider-published service names inside the scope of what the register accredits, so a chain's national menu never becomes a claim about this branch.

What we hold about this site comes from the Medicare LSPN register and healthdirect's directory, plus the practice's own website.

Nuclear medicine uses a small amount of a radioactive tracer, so it needs a licensed department rather than a general imaging room.