X-ray near Lake Cathie, NSW

There is no x-ray service in Lake Cathie. The nearest one is at Lumus Imaging Highfields in Port Macquarie, about 11 km away, roughly 20 minutes by road. After that, the options are I-MED Radiology Port Macquarie in Port Macquarie (11 km) and Lumus Imaging Laurieton in Laurieton (13 km).

Widen the search to 200 km and there are 72 x-ray practices; the closest five are above.

Lake Cathie 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 Highfields in Port Macquarie, 11 km away.

To put 11 km in context: of the 1544 NSW towns we hold, 227 are further than Lake Cathie from a x-ray service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.

Across New South Wales, 565 practices are accredited for x-ray and 269 of those are outside the capital. That is the arithmetic behind the distance above — x-ray is not spread evenly, and Lake Cathie sits in one of the gaps.

Current Medicare accreditation runs: Lumus Imaging Highfields to 31 March 2027, I-MED Radiology Port Macquarie to 30 November 2026 and Lumus Imaging Laurieton 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 four 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.