X-ray in Queensland

Queensland has 386 practices accredited for x-ray, spread over 239 towns and suburbs.

Outside the capital there are 230. Coverage outside the capital is comparatively good for x-ray in Queensland.

An x-ray is the quickest and most widely available scan; most practices run one.

One towns in Queensland have imaging of their own but no x-ray. 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 x-ray include Southport, Ipswich, Chermside, Cleveland, Bundaberg West, South Brisbane, Maroochydore and Caloundra.

The heaviest concentrations are Southport (13 practices), Ipswich (six practices), Chermside (six practices), Cleveland (six practices) and Bundaberg West (five practices). Outside those, most towns with x-ray have exactly one practice, which is worth knowing when you are weighing a wait against a drive.

healthdirect records nine practices in Queensland with x-ray 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.

We publish no prices for x-ray anywhere on this site. What we can tell you is where the machines are, who is accredited to run them, and how far you would have to go.