MRI near Middlemount, QLD

There is no MRI scanner in Middlemount. The closest is Central Qld Medical Imaging - Emerald, 97 km away in Emerald — about 2 hr 10 min in the car. After that, the options are Queensland X-Ray Fourways Mackay in West Mackay (191 km) and Medical Imaging Department Mackay Base Hospital in Mackay (191 km).

Widen the search to 200 km and there are nine 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.

Middlemount 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 Central Queensland Radiology Emerald in Emerald, 96 km away.

To put 97 km in context: of the 1062 QLD towns we hold, 80 are further than Middlemount from a MRI service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.

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 Middlemount sits in one of the gaps.

Accreditation windows: 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. Ring before you go rather than assuming — hours move, and not every accredited scan runs every day.