MRI near Heatherbrae, NSW

Heatherbrae does not have an MRI scanner. The nearest one is at Hunter New England Imaging - Calvary Mater Newcastle (Waratah) in Waratah, about 12 km away. After that, the options are Hnei-The New Maitland Hospital in Metford (13 km) and Clarity Imaging in Waratah (13 km).

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

Hunter New England Imaging - Calvary Mater Newcastle (Waratah), Hnei-The New Maitland Hospital and Hunter Imaging Metford are on the Government's Medicare-eligible MRI list (last updated 17 February 2026); Clarity Imaging and Hunter Imaging Group — East Maitland are accredited for MRI but not on that list, so a scan there may not attract a rebate.

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

For scale, 443 of the 1544 towns we hold in NSW sit further from MRI than Heatherbrae 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 Heatherbrae sits in one of the gaps.

Accreditation windows: Hunter New England Imaging - Calvary Mater Newcastle (Waratah) to 31 October 2027, Hnei-The New Maitland Hospital to 30 November 2026 and Clarity Imaging 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.