MRI near Blue Mountains, NSW

Blue Mountains has no MRI of its own. The closest is Lithgow Hospital Medical Imaging (NBMLHD), 30 km away in Lithgow — about 53 minutes in the car. After that, the options are Penrith in Penrith (34 km) and Precision Imaging Partners Penrith in Penrith (35 km).

Widen the search to 200 km and there are 165 MRI practices; the closest five are above.

All of them are on the Australian Government's list of Medicare-eligible MRI locations (last updated 17 February 2026), so a Medicare rebate is possible for scans done there. Whether your scan attracts one depends on the item your referral asks for and on who wrote it — GPs can request a limited set of MRI items and specialists can request more.

Within 10 km of Blue Mountains, accredited imaging covers x-ray, ultrasound and CT. If your referral is for one of those, see everything Blue Mountains has for the nearby options and their exact addresses.

For scale, 201 of the 1544 towns we hold in NSW sit further from MRI than Blue Mountains does.

New South Wales has 204 MRI practices in total, 84 of them outside the capital. The machines cluster where the population is, which is why the nearest one to Blue Mountains is where it is.

Accreditation windows: Lithgow Hospital Medical Imaging (NBMLHD) to 31 August 2027, Penrith to 31 October 2026 and Precision Imaging Partners Penrith to 31 August 2027. We drop a modality the day its accreditation lapses, so if it is listed above it is current.

Of the five practices listed, all publish a phone number, all have a website and one lists opening hours. Ring before you go rather than assuming — hours move, and not every accredited scan runs every day.