MRI near Portland, NSW

There is no MRI scanner in Portland. The closest is Lithgow Hospital Medical Imaging (NBMLHD), 21 km away in Lithgow — about 23 minutes in the car. After that, the options are Prp Diagnostic Imaging-Bathurst in Bathurst (38 km) and Bathurst Base Hospital/Radiology Department in Bathurst (38 km).

There are 166 MRI practices within 200 km of Portland altogether — the five listed are simply the nearest.

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.

Portland 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 Lithgow Hospital Medical Imaging (NBMLHD) in Lithgow, 21 km away.

To put 21 km in context: of the 1544 NSW towns we hold, 286 are further than Portland from a MRI service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.

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 Portland sits in one of the gaps.

Current Medicare accreditation runs: Lithgow Hospital Medical Imaging (NBMLHD) to 31 August 2027, Prp Diagnostic Imaging-Bathurst to 31 May 2027 and Bathurst Base Hospital/Radiology Department 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.