MRI near Evans Head, NSW

Evans Head does not have an MRI scanner. The nearest one is at Lumus Imaging Ballina in Ballina, about 30 km away, roughly 35 minutes by road. After that, the options are North Coast Radiology Ballina in Ballina (30 km) and North Coast Radiology Lismore (St Vincent's Hospital) in Lismore (36 km).

88 practices within 200 km of Evans Head are accredited for MRI in total; the five above are the closest by straight-line distance from the centre of town.

Lumus Imaging Ballina, North Coast Radiology Ballina and North Coast Radiology Lismore (St Vincent's Hospital) are on the Government's Medicare-eligible MRI list (last updated 17 February 2026); Maclean Radiology is accredited for MRI but not on that list, so a scan there may not attract a rebate.

Evans Head has no accredited imaging practice of its own that we can see in the register, so any scan means travelling. The closest imaging of any kind is Lumus Imaging Ballina in Ballina, 30 km away.

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

Across New South Wales, 204 practices are accredited for MRI and 84 of those are outside the capital. That is the arithmetic behind the distance above — MRI is not spread evenly, and Evans Head sits in one of the gaps.

The register has these accreditations running to: Lumus Imaging Ballina to 31 October 2027, North Coast Radiology Ballina to 30 November 2027 and North Coast Radiology Lismore (St Vincent's Hospital) to 30 June 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.