MRI near Tenterfield, NSW

There is no MRI scanner in Tenterfield. The closest is North Coast Radiology Clarence Valley Imaging Grafton, 114 km away in Grafton — about 2 hr 45 min in the car. After that, the options are Alpenglow Inverell Diagnostic Imaging in Inverell (119 km) and Maclean Radiology in Maclean (123 km).

Widen the search to 200 km and there are 69 MRI practices; the closest five are above.

North Coast Radiology Clarence Valley Imaging Grafton, Alpenglow Inverell Diagnostic Imaging and North Coast Radiology Lismore (St Vincent's Hospital) are on the Government's Medicare-eligible MRI list (last updated 17 February 2026); Maclean Radiology is accredited for MRI but not on that list, so a scan there may not attract a rebate.

Locally, Tenterfield is covered for x-ray. A referral for that can be done here: everything Tenterfield has.

To put 114 km in context: of the 1544 NSW towns we hold, 28 are further than Tenterfield from a MRI service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.

That is a long way to go for a scan, and there is no way to make 114 km shorter. Two things are worth knowing: every state and territory runs a patient travel assistance scheme for people who have to travel for care, and the local health service or your referring doctor can tell you whether you qualify. Some regional hospitals also run visiting services on a roster, which the accreditation register cannot show us — worth one phone call before you plan the trip.

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 Tenterfield is where it is.

Accreditation windows: North Coast Radiology Clarence Valley Imaging Grafton to 31 May 2027, Alpenglow Inverell Diagnostic Imaging to 30 September 2027 and Maclean Radiology to 30 September 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. Ring before you go rather than assuming — hours move, and not every accredited scan runs every day.