MRI near Cloncurry, QLD

Cloncurry has no MRI of its own. The nearest one is at I-MED Radiology Mount Isa in Mount Isa, about 106 km away, roughly 1 hr 36 min by road. It is the only MRI service within 200 km of Cloncurry.

I-MED Radiology Mount Isa is 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.

Cloncurry is not without imaging — x-ray is available in town. The town page lists everything Cloncurry has.

For scale, 68 of the 1062 towns we hold in QLD sit further from MRI than Cloncurry does.

A 106 km trip is a day out of your life, not an errand. Ask your referring doctor about the patient travel assistance scheme in your state, and ask the nearest hospital whether a visiting service ever covers Cloncurry — rosters like that do not appear in the accreditation register.

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 Cloncurry is where it is.

The register has these accreditations running to: I-MED Radiology Mount Isa to 30 November 2027. We drop a modality the day its accreditation lapses, so if it is listed above it is current.

Of the one practice listed, all publish a phone number, all have a website and one lists opening hours. Ring before you go rather than assuming — hours move, and not every accredited scan runs every day.