Radiology Tasmania Hobart, South Hobart

Radiology Tasmania Hobart runs imaging services from Wheatsheaf, 314 Macquarie St, South Hobart TAS 7004. Its Medicare Location Specific Practice Number is 5059, and the register lists it as accredited for x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI, with the current accreditation running from 20 February 2009 to 30 June 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. 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 03 6223 4899 and their website. Those details are the ones the practice publishes itself.

It is one of two accredited practices in South Hobart, so it is worth ringing more than one if the wait matters to you.

This practice is not accredited for nuclear medicine and PET. If your referral is for one of those, nuclear medicine and PET are both at Royal Hobart Hospital Medical Imaging in Hobart, about 2 km away.

The nearest other accredited practice is Trinty Imaging Pty Ltd in Sandy Bay, about 1 km away. Regional Imaging Tasmania St Johns Hospital in South Hobart is the next closest at 1 km. I-MED Radiology Hobart Private Hospital is 2 km away in Hobart. 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.

Sources for this page: the Medicare LSPN register, 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.