MRI near Queenstown, TAS

No practice in Queenstown is accredited for MRI. The nearest one is at I-MED Radiology North West Medical Centre in Burnie, about 118 km away. After that, the options are I-MED Radiology in Devonport (121 km) and Radiology Tasmania Launceston in South Launceston (149 km).

Twelve practices within 200 km of Queenstown are accredited for MRI in total; the five above are the closest by straight-line distance from the centre of town.

I-MED Radiology North West Medical Centre, I-MED Radiology and Radiology Tasmania Launceston 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.

Locally, Queenstown is covered for x-ray. A referral for that can be done here: everything Queenstown has.

To put 118 km in context: of the 185 TAS towns we hold, 14 are further than Queenstown from a MRI service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.

A 118 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 Queenstown — rosters like that do not appear in the accreditation register.

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 Queenstown is where it is.

Accreditation windows: I-MED Radiology North West Medical Centre to 31 July 2027, I-MED Radiology to 31 July 2027 and Radiology Tasmania Launceston to 31 May 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.