MRI near Childers, QLD

Childers has no MRI of its own. The nearest one is at Voxel Radiology in Bundaberg West, about 41 km away. After that, the options are Bundaberg Radiology - Mater Hospital in Bundaberg West (41 km) and I-MED Radiology Bundaberg in Bundaberg (41 km).

24 practices within 200 km of Childers 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.

Locally, Childers is covered for x-ray, ultrasound and CT. A referral for one of those can be done here: everything Childers has.

To put 41 km in context: of the 1062 QLD towns we hold, 159 are further than Childers from a MRI service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.

Queensland has 140 MRI practices in total, 71 of them outside the capital. The machines cluster where the population is, which is why the nearest one to Childers is where it is.

Accreditation windows: Voxel Radiology to 31 October 2026, Bundaberg Radiology - Mater Hospital to 31 October 2027 and I-MED Radiology Bundaberg to 30 June 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 three 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.