MRI near Gwandalan, NSW

Gwandalan has no MRI of its own. The closest is Wyong Hospital/Medical Imaging Department, 17 km away in Hamlyn Terrace — about 26 minutes in the car. After that, the options are I-MED Radiology Kanwal in Hamlyn Terrace (17 km) and Hunter Imaging Gateshead PET and MRI Centre in Gateshead (20 km).

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

The eligible ones are Wyong Hospital/Medical Imaging Department, I-MED Radiology Kanwal and Prp Diagnostic Imaging Charlestown — they appear on the Government's Medicare-eligible MRI list (last updated 17 February 2026). Hunter Imaging Gateshead PET and MRI Centre and Hunter Imaging Gateshead run an accredited MRI unit that is not on the list, so ask what an MRI there would cost you.

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

To put 17 km in context: of the 1544 NSW towns we hold, 343 are further than Gwandalan from a MRI service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.

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 Gwandalan is where it is.

Accreditation windows: Wyong Hospital/Medical Imaging Department to 31 July 2027, I-MED Radiology Kanwal to 30 June 2027 and Hunter Imaging Gateshead PET and MRI Centre 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 three list opening hours. A phone call before you travel is worth it: a practice can be accredited for a scan and still not run it daily.