MRI in Queensland

There are 140 MRI practices in Queensland, across 99 towns and suburbs.

71 sit beyond the capital's ring. Coverage outside the capital is comparatively good for MRI in Queensland.

An MRI uses a magnetic field rather than x-rays, and the machines are expensive, so far fewer places have one.

91 of the 140 are on the Government's Medicare-eligible MRI list (last updated 17 February 2026). The remaining 49 hold MRI accreditation without being on that list, and a scan at one of them may attract no rebate at all.

40 towns in Queensland have imaging of their own but no MRI. Each of those has a page giving the nearest machine and the distance from that town — that is the number that decides whether the scan happens.

The towns and suburbs with MRI include Southport, Ipswich, Chermside, Cairns, Caboolture, Robina, North Mackay and South Brisbane.

The heaviest concentrations are Southport (six practices), Ipswich (five practices), Chermside (five practices), Cairns (three practices) and Caboolture (three practices). Outside those, most towns with MRI have exactly one practice, which is worth knowing when you are weighing a wait against a drive.

healthdirect records one practice in Queensland with MRI as bulk-billing. That is a provider self-report, not a promise, and the absence of a note against the others means we hold no billing information — not that they charge.

You will not find a price for MRI here — nobody publishes one reliably. Location, accreditation and distance are what we can stand behind.