MRI near Theodore, QLD

No practice in Theodore is accredited for MRI. The closest is I-MED Radiology Gladstone, 170 km away in Gladstone. After that, the options are Central Queensland Radiology Gladstone in West Gladstone (171 km) and I-MED Radiology Rockhampton in The Range (177 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.

Theodore is not without imaging — x-ray and ultrasound are available in town. The town page lists everything Theodore has.

To put 170 km in context: of the 1062 QLD towns we hold, 44 are further than Theodore from a MRI service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.

There is no way around the distance: 170 km each way. Before you commit to it, two things are worth a phone call — your state's patient travel assistance scheme, which exists for people in exactly this position, and whether any service closer to Theodore visits on a roster. The register cannot show us visiting services.

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 Theodore sits in one of the gaps.

The register has these accreditations running to: I-MED Radiology Gladstone to 30 June 2027, Central Queensland Radiology Gladstone to 30 November 2026 and I-MED Radiology Rockhampton to 30 June 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 two list 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.