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Medical imaging in Melbourne's outer north, VIC

There are 35 accredited imaging practices across 45 suburbs in Melbourne's outer north.

Between them they run x-ray at 35 sites, ultrasound at 35 sites, CT at 31 sites, MRI at 9 sites, nuclear medicine at 4 sites and PET at 2 sites.

The scarcest scans here are PET — if your referral is for one of those, check the suburb page before you drive, because the nearest machine may be in a different suburb from the rest of your care.

Five practices in Melbourne's outer north appear on the Government's Medicare-eligible MRI list, so a Medicare rebate is possible for an MRI there. Any other MRI unit in the region is accredited but not on that list.

The best-served suburb here is Epping, with eleven practices. New Medical Imaging is accredited for x-ray, ultrasound and CT; Healthscope (Northpark Private Hospital) covers x-ray and ultrasound; I-MED Radiology Bundoora runs x-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI.

They are spread through Broadmeadows, Bundoora, Coolaroo, Craigieburn, Dallas, Diamond Creek, Doreen, Epping, Gladstone Park and Jacana, and eight other places.

A PET scan is the scarcest scan in Australia — the scanners sit almost entirely in capital cities and a handful of large regional hospitals.

Start with your own suburb below — the distance that matters is the one from where you live.

scanfinder shows you where imaging is available. Your doctor decides which scan you need — you'll need a referral for all of these.

Suburbs in Melbourne's outer north

Every practice in the district

Want to see imaging across Melbourne's outer north on a map, with distances from your own address? Open the scanfinder map — it holds every accredited imaging site in the country.