Southern Cross Medical Imaging

Southern Cross Medical Imaging — Bundoora is at U 1B 445 Grimshaw St, Bundoora VIC 3083, and it is on the Medicare accreditation register. Practice number 7920 in the Medicare register covers it for x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI — accredited since 13 October 2015, current to 31 October 2027.

MRI accredited, not Medicare-listed. This practice has an accredited MRI unit, but it does not appear on the Government's Medicare-eligible MRI list. An MRI here may not attract a Medicare rebate. Ask about the out-of-pocket cost before you book.

Billing. healthdirect lists this provider as bulk-billing — confirm when booking. Billing policies change without notice and vary by scan type.

Phone 03 9468 8700 and their website. These contact details come from healthdirect's directory rather than the practice itself, so confirm them on the call.

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

For nuclear medicine and PET you would need somewhere else: the nearest nuclear medicine is I-MED Radiology Warringal in Heidelberg, about 6 km away and the nearest PET is Austin Hospital Department Of Radiology in Heidelberg, about 6 km away.

The nearest other accredited practice is Lumus Imaging La Trobe Private Hospital in Bundoora, about 1 km away. I-MED Radiology Bundoora in Bundoora is the next closest at 1 km. Healthscope (Northpark Private Hospital) is 1 km away in Bundoora. 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.

This page is assembled from the Medicare LSPN register and healthdirect's directory, plus the practice's own website — if any of it is out of date, the practice is right and we are wrong.

An MRI uses a magnetic field rather than x-rays, and the machines are expensive, so far fewer places have one.