Medical imaging in the Adelaide Hills, SA

There are five accredited imaging practices across 30 suburbs in the Adelaide Hills.

Between them they run x-ray at 5 sites, ultrasound at 5 sites, CT at 4 sites and MRI at 2 sites.

The scarcest scans here are MRI — if your referral is for one of those, check the suburb page before you drive, because the nearest machine may be in a different suburb from the rest of your care.

Two practices in the Adelaide Hills appear on the Government's Medicare-eligible MRI list, so a Medicare rebate is possible for an MRI there. Any other MRI unit in the region is accredited but not on that list.

The best-served suburb here is Mount Barker, with four practices. Benson Radiology Mount Barker is accredited for x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI; Jones Radiology Mount Barker Hospital covers x-ray, ultrasound and CT; Jones Radiology-Mt Barker Druids Avenue runs x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI.

They are spread through Mount Barker and Stirling.

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

Start with your own suburb below — the distance that matters is the one from where you live.