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Nearest MRI services to Goolwa
There is no MRI service in Goolwa. The nearest is Victor Radiology Centre in Victor Harbor, about 15 km away.
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1Victor Radiology CentreJones Radiology Victor Central, 170 Hindmarsh Rd, Victor Harbor, SA, 521115 km away, about 18 minutes by roadMedicare-eligible MRI (on the government list, updated 17 February 2026).Opening hours not published — call before travelling.
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2Jones Radiology-Seaford67 Seaford Rd, Seaford Meadows, SA, 516945 km away, about 42 minutes by roadMRI accredited but not on the Medicare-eligible list — ask about out-of-pocket cost.
Opening hours not published — call before travelling.
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3Benson Radiology Morphett ValeL 1 115 Main South Rd, Morphett Vale, SA, 516248 km away, about 48 minutes by roadMedicare-eligible MRI (on the government list, updated 17 February 2026).Opening hours not published — call before travelling.
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4MRI accredited but not on the Medicare-eligible list — ask about out-of-pocket cost.
Opening hours not published — call before travelling.
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5Benson Radiology Mount BarkerBenson Radiology Mt Barker, 75 Hutchinson St, Mount Barker, SA, 525148 km awayMedicare-eligible MRI (on the government list, updated 17 February 2026).
Opening hours not published — call before travelling.
About these results
There is no MRI scanner in Goolwa. The closest is Victor Radiology Centre, 15 km away in Victor Harbor — about 18 minutes in the car. After that, the options are Jones Radiology-Seaford in Seaford Meadows (45 km) and Benson Radiology Morphett Vale in Morphett Vale (48 km).
There are 36 MRI practices within 200 km of Goolwa altogether — the five listed are simply the nearest.
The eligible ones are Victor Radiology Centre, Benson Radiology Morphett Vale and Benson Radiology Mount Barker — they appear on the Government's Medicare-eligible MRI list (last updated 17 February 2026). Jones Radiology-Seaford and Benson Radiology Christies Beach run an accredited MRI unit that is not on the list, so ask what an MRI there would cost you.
Goolwa is not without imaging — x-ray, ultrasound and CT are available in town. The town page lists everything Goolwa has.
To put 15 km in context: of the 515 SA towns we hold, 111 are further than Goolwa from a MRI service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.
South Australia has 40 MRI practices in total, 6 of them outside the capital. The machines cluster where the population is, which is why the nearest one to Goolwa is where it is.
The register has these accreditations running to: Victor Radiology Centre to 31 October 2027, Jones Radiology-Seaford to 31 May 2027 and Benson Radiology Morphett Vale 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 none publishes opening hours we could confirm. A phone call before you travel is worth it: a practice can be accredited for a scan and still not run it daily.
scanfinder shows you where imaging is available. Your doctor decides which scan you need — you'll need a referral for all of these.
About MRI. An MRI uses a magnetic field rather than x-rays, and the machines are expensive, so far fewer places have one. Accreditation means a practice meets the Medicare requirements for it — it is not a ranking, and we publish no ratings. Distances are straight-line from the centre of the town, so the drive is a little longer.
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