MRI near Yamba, NSW

Yamba has no MRI of its own. The closest is Maclean Radiology, 16 km away in Maclean — about 24 minutes in the car. After that, the options are North Coast Radiology Clarence Valley Imaging Grafton in Grafton (50 km) and Lumus Imaging Ballina in Ballina (66 km).

Widen the search to 200 km and there are 39 MRI practices; the closest five are above.

The eligible ones are North Coast Radiology Clarence Valley Imaging Grafton, Lumus Imaging Ballina and North Coast Radiology Ballina — they appear on the Government's Medicare-eligible MRI list (last updated 17 February 2026). Maclean Radiology runs an accredited MRI unit that is not on the list, so ask what an MRI there would cost you.

Yamba is not without imaging — x-ray, ultrasound and CT are available in town. The town page lists everything Yamba has.

To put 16 km in context: of the 1544 NSW towns we hold, 368 are further than Yamba 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 Yamba sits in one of the gaps.

The register has these accreditations running to: Maclean Radiology to 30 September 2027, North Coast Radiology Clarence Valley Imaging Grafton to 31 May 2027 and Lumus Imaging Ballina to 31 October 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. A phone call before you travel is worth it: a practice can be accredited for a scan and still not run it daily.