MRI near Port Pirie, SA

Port Pirie does not have an MRI scanner. The closest is Jones Radiology-Whyalla, 45 km away in Whyalla. After that, the options are Benairnco Pty Ltd — Nuriootpa in Nuriootpa (169 km) and Benairnco Pty Ltd — Gawler South in Gawler South (171 km).

Widen the search to 200 km and there are 22 MRI practices; the closest five are above.

Jones Radiology-Whyalla, Benairnco Pty Ltd — Nuriootpa and Lyell McEwin Hospital SAMI site are on the Government's Medicare-eligible MRI list (last updated 17 February 2026); Benairnco Pty Ltd — Gawler South and Radiology SA Elizabeth Vale are accredited for MRI but not on that list, so a scan there may not attract a rebate.

What Port Pirie does have locally is x-ray, ultrasound and CT. If your referral is for one of those, you do not need to leave town — see everything Port Pirie has.

For scale, 65 of the 515 towns we hold in SA sit further from MRI than Port Pirie does.

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 Port Pirie is where it is.

Current Medicare accreditation runs: Jones Radiology-Whyalla to 31 October 2027, Benairnco Pty Ltd — Nuriootpa to 30 June 2027 and Benairnco Pty Ltd — Gawler South to 30 November 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. Ring before you go rather than assuming — hours move, and not every accredited scan runs every day.