MRI near Kandos, NSW

Kandos has no MRI of its own. The nearest one is at Bathurst Base Hospital/Radiology Department in Bathurst, about 71 km away. After that, the options are Prp Diagnostic Imaging-Bathurst in Bathurst (72 km) and Lithgow Hospital Medical Imaging (NBMLHD) in Lithgow (73 km).

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

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 Kandos, accredited imaging covers x-ray. If your referral is for that, see everything Kandos has for the nearby options and their exact addresses.

To put 71 km in context: of the 1544 NSW towns we hold, 69 are further than Kandos 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 Kandos is where it is.

Accreditation windows: Bathurst Base Hospital/Radiology Department to 31 August 2027, Prp Diagnostic Imaging-Bathurst to 31 May 2027 and Lithgow Hospital Medical Imaging (NBMLHD) 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 none publishes opening hours we could confirm. A phone call before you travel is worth it: a practice can be accredited for a scan and still not run it daily.