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MRI near Wallaroo, SA
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Nearest MRI services to Wallaroo
There is no MRI service in Wallaroo. The nearest is Jones Radiology-Whyalla in Whyalla, about 101 km away.
This page also covers Moonta Bay, whose nearest MRI options are the same as Wallaroo's.
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1Jones Radiology-WhyallaWhyalla Hospital, G Wood Tce, Whyalla, SA, 5600101 km away, about 3 hr 19 min by roadMedicare-eligible MRI (on the government list, updated 17 February 2026).
Opening hours not published — call before travelling.
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2Benairnco Pty Ltd — Gawler South46 Adelaide Rd, Gawler South, SA, 5118126 km away, about 1 hr 53 min 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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3Radiology SA Port AdelaidePort Adelaide Medical Centre Radiology Sa, 268-280 Commercial Rd, Port Adelaide, SA, 5015129 km away, about 1 hr 59 min 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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4Medicare-eligible MRI (on the government list, updated 17 February 2026).
Opening hours not published — call before travelling.
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5Lyell McEwin Hospital SAMI siteMedical Imaging Department, 120-130 Haydown Rd, Elizabeth Vale, SA, 5112131 km awayMedicare-eligible MRI (on the government list, updated 17 February 2026).
Opening hours not published — call before travelling.
About these results
Wallaroo does not have an MRI scanner. The nearest one is at Jones Radiology-Whyalla in Whyalla, about 101 km away, roughly 3 hr 19 min by road. After that, the options are Benairnco Pty Ltd — Gawler South in Gawler South (126 km) and Radiology SA Port Adelaide in Port Adelaide (129 km).
37 practices within 200 km of Wallaroo are accredited for MRI in total; the five above are the closest by straight-line distance from the centre of town.
The eligible ones are Jones Radiology-Whyalla, Benson Radiology Salisbury and Lyell McEwin Hospital SAMI site — they appear on the Government's Medicare-eligible MRI list (last updated 17 February 2026). Benairnco Pty Ltd — Gawler South and Radiology SA Port Adelaide run an accredited MRI unit that is not on the list, so ask what an MRI there would cost you.
Wallaroo is not without imaging — x-ray, ultrasound and CT are available in town. The town page lists everything Wallaroo has.
For scale, 29 of the 515 towns we hold in SA sit further from MRI than Wallaroo does.
A 101 km trip is a day out of your life, not an errand. Ask your referring doctor about the patient travel assistance scheme in your state, and ask the nearest hospital whether a visiting service ever covers Wallaroo — rosters like that do not appear in the accreditation register.
Across South Australia, 40 practices are accredited for MRI and 6 of those are outside the capital. That is the arithmetic behind the distance above — MRI is not spread evenly, and Wallaroo sits in one of the gaps.
The register has these accreditations running to: Jones Radiology-Whyalla to 31 October 2027, Benairnco Pty Ltd — Gawler South to 30 November 2027 and Radiology SA Port Adelaide 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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