MRI near Lakes Entrance, VIC

There is no MRI scanner in Lakes Entrance. The closest is Gippsland Lakes Medical Imaging, 34 km away in Bairnsdale — about 42 minutes in the car. After that, the options are Central Gippsland Health — Sale in Sale (85 km) and Victorian Imaging Specialists in Traralgon (134 km).

There are six MRI practices within 200 km of Lakes Entrance altogether — the five listed are simply the nearest.

The eligible ones are Central Gippsland Health — Sale, Victorian Imaging Specialists and I-MED Radiology Traralgon Latrobe Regional Hospital — they appear on the Government's Medicare-eligible MRI list (last updated 17 February 2026). Gippsland Lakes Medical Imaging runs an accredited MRI unit that is not on the list, so ask what an MRI there would cost you.

Locally, Lakes Entrance is covered for x-ray, ultrasound and CT. A referral for one of those can be done here: everything Lakes Entrance has.

To put 34 km in context: of the 850 VIC towns we hold, 110 are further than Lakes Entrance 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 Lakes Entrance sits in one of the gaps.

Accreditation windows: Gippsland Lakes Medical Imaging to 31 July 2027, Central Gippsland Health — Sale to 31 October 2027 and Victorian Imaging Specialists 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 two 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.