MRI near Marian, QLD

Marian does not have an MRI scanner. The nearest one is at Medical Imaging Department Mackay Base Hospital in Mackay, about 22 km away, roughly 26 minutes by road. After that, the options are Mackay Radiology in North Mackay (23 km) and Qscan Mackay in North Mackay (23 km).

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.

Marian 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 Medical Imaging Department Mackay Base Hospital in Mackay, 22 km away.

To put 22 km in context: of the 1062 QLD towns we hold, 255 are further than Marian 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 Marian is where it is.

Current Medicare accreditation runs: Medical Imaging Department Mackay Base Hospital to 31 August 2027, Mackay Radiology to 30 November 2027 and Qscan Mackay 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.