MRI near Stawell, VIC

Stawell has no MRI of its own. The nearest one is at Lumus Imaging Horsham in Horsham, about 64 km away, roughly 56 minutes by road. After that, the options are Sovereign Radiology Wendouree in Wendouree (108 km) and Lake Imaging St John of God Hospital Ballarat in Ballarat (110 km).

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

All of them are on the Australian Government's list of Medicare-eligible MRI locations (last updated 17 February 2026), so a Medicare rebate is possible for scans done there. Whether your scan attracts one depends on the item your referral asks for and on who wrote it — GPs can request a limited set of MRI items and specialists can request more.

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

For scale, 46 of the 850 towns we hold in VIC sit further from MRI than Stawell does.

Victoria has 140 MRI practices in total, 40 of them outside the capital. The machines cluster where the population is, which is why the nearest one to Stawell is where it is.

Accreditation windows: Lumus Imaging Horsham to 30 June 2027, Sovereign Radiology Wendouree to 31 July 2027 and Lake Imaging St John of God Hospital Ballarat to 31 July 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.