MRI near Katanning, WA

Katanning has no MRI of its own. The nearest one is at I-MED Radiology Albany Health Campus in Albany, about 150 km away, roughly 2 hr 10 min by road. After that, the options are I-MED Radiology Albany in Albany (152 km) and Apex Radiology South West Health Campus in Bunbury (181 km).

I-MED Radiology Albany Health Campus, I-MED Radiology Albany and Apex Radiology South West Health Campus are on the Government's Medicare-eligible MRI list (last updated 17 February 2026); Perth Radiological Clinic Bunbury is accredited for MRI but not on that list, so a scan there may not attract a rebate.

Katanning is not without imaging — x-ray and ultrasound are available in town. The town page lists everything Katanning has.

For scale, 78 of the 559 towns we hold in WA sit further from MRI than Katanning does.

That is a long way to go for a scan, and there is no way to make 150 km shorter. Two things are worth knowing: every state and territory runs a patient travel assistance scheme for people who have to travel for care, and the local health service or your referring doctor can tell you whether you qualify. Some regional hospitals also run visiting services on a roster, which the accreditation register cannot show us — worth one phone call before you plan the trip.

Across Western Australia, 46 practices are accredited for MRI and 10 of those are outside the capital. That is the arithmetic behind the distance above — MRI is not spread evenly, and Katanning sits in one of the gaps.

The register has these accreditations running to: I-MED Radiology Albany Health Campus to 30 September 2027, I-MED Radiology Albany to 30 June 2027 and Apex Radiology South West Health Campus 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. Ring before you go rather than assuming — hours move, and not every accredited scan runs every day.