MRI near Dysart, QLD

Dysart has no MRI of its own. The closest is Central Qld Medical Imaging - Emerald, 106 km away in Emerald — about 1 hr 42 min in the car. After that, the options are Queensland X-Ray Fourways Mackay in West Mackay (181 km) and Medical Imaging Department Mackay Base Hospital in Mackay (181 km).

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

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.

Dysart 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 Outback Medical Imaging in Moranbah, 72 km away.

To put 106 km in context: of the 1062 QLD towns we hold, 68 are further than Dysart 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 106 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.

Across Queensland, 140 practices are accredited for MRI and 71 of those are outside the capital. That is the arithmetic behind the distance above — MRI is not spread evenly, and Dysart sits in one of the gaps.

Current Medicare accreditation runs: Central Qld Medical Imaging - Emerald to 31 July 2027, Queensland X-Ray Fourways Mackay to 31 August 2026 and Medical Imaging Department Mackay Base Hospital 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 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.