Southern Cross Medical Imaging

Southern Cross Medical Imaging — South Morang is at Axis Centre, U 16 795 Plenty Rd, South Morang VIC 3752, and it is on the Medicare accreditation register. Practice number 6281 in the Medicare register covers it for x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI, with the current accreditation running from 14 December 2011 to 30 June 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 9407 6500 and their website. These contact details come from healthdirect's directory rather than the practice itself, so confirm them on the call.

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

The register does not cover it for nuclear medicine and PET, so for those nuclear medicine and PET are both at Lumus Imaging Epping in Epping, about 6 km away.

The nearest other accredited practice is Soul Imaging in South Morang, about 2 km away. United Radiology Mill Park in Mill Park is the next closest at 2 km. Healthscope (Northpark Private Hospital) is 5 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.

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.