MRI near George Town, TAS

No practice in George Town is accredited for MRI. The nearest one is at I-MED Radiology in Devonport, about 40 km away, roughly 84 minutes by road. After that, the options are I-MED Radiology St Lukes Hospital in East Launceston (45 km) and Launceston General Hospital Medical Imaging in Launceston (46 km).

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

I-MED Radiology, I-MED Radiology St Lukes Hospital and Launceston General Hospital Medical Imaging are on the Government's Medicare-eligible MRI list (last updated 17 February 2026); Lumus Imaging Launceston is accredited for MRI but not on that list, so a scan there may not attract a rebate.

George Town has no accredited imaging practice of its own that we can see in the register, so any scan means travelling. The closest imaging of any kind is I-MED Radiology Mersey Community Hospital Torquay Rd, Latrobe       in Latrobe, 37 km away.

To put 40 km in context: of the 185 TAS towns we hold, 33 are further than George Town from a MRI service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.

Tasmania has 12 MRI practices in total, 6 of them outside the capital. The machines cluster where the population is, which is why the nearest one to George Town is where it is.

The register has these accreditations running to: I-MED Radiology to 31 July 2027, I-MED Radiology St Lukes Hospital to 31 July 2027 and Launceston General Hospital Medical Imaging to 31 August 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 one lists opening hours. Ring before you go rather than assuming — hours move, and not every accredited scan runs every day.