MRI near Ballan, VIC

Ballan has no MRI of its own. The nearest one is at Lake Imaging Melton in Melton, about 32 km away, roughly 28 minutes by road. After that, the options are Lake Imaging St John of God Hospital Ballarat in Ballarat (34 km) and Grampians Health Ballarat (Ballarat Base Hospital) Radiology in Ballarat (34 km).

There are 129 MRI practices within 200 km of Ballan altogether — the five listed are simply the nearest.

The eligible ones are Lake Imaging St John of God Hospital Ballarat, Grampians Health Ballarat (Ballarat Base Hospital) Radiology and Matrix Medical Imaging Gisborne — they appear on the Government's Medicare-eligible MRI list (last updated 17 February 2026). Lake Imaging Melton runs an accredited MRI unit that is not on the list, so ask what an MRI there would cost you.

Ballan 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 Vision Radiology Bacchus Marsh in Bacchus Marsh, 20 km away.

To put 32 km in context: of the 850 VIC towns we hold, 116 are further than Ballan from a MRI service. It is a real trip, and worth planning as one.

Across Victoria, 140 practices are accredited for MRI and 40 of those are outside the capital. That is the arithmetic behind the distance above — MRI is not spread evenly, and Ballan sits in one of the gaps.

The register has these accreditations running to: Lake Imaging Melton to 30 November 2027, Lake Imaging St John of God Hospital Ballarat to 31 July 2027 and Grampians Health Ballarat (Ballarat Base Hospital) Radiology 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 three list opening hours. A phone call before you travel is worth it: a practice can be accredited for a scan and still not run it daily.