Imaging Finder lists about 940 radiology clinics across Australia, as at July 2026. This page explains where that information comes from, what we check before a clinic appears in the directory, what we don’t check, and how to tell us when something is wrong.
Where does the clinic information come from?
Two kinds of public sources. The first is what clinics say about themselves: each clinic’s own website and its provider’s published location pages. That is where a listing’s address, phone number and list of services come from — if a clinic tells the public it offers ultrasound, we record ultrasound.
The second is official government lists. The Department of Health publishes the locations of Medicare-eligible MRI and PET units in every state and territory, and we check our MRI and PET listings against them. Since 1 July 2025, every MRI machine at those listed locations can provide all MRI services on the Medicare Benefits Schedule, which makes the register a strong signal that a rebate is possible at that site. As at July 2026, about 486 clinics in the directory list MRI and 140 list PET-CT — our guides to MRI and Medicare and PET-CT scans in Australia explain what those services cost and who can refer you.
We do not use private, paywalled or patient-facing booking data. Everything in a listing should be checkable by you from a public page.
What do we check — and what don’t we?
Before a clinic appears, we check that it exists at the published address, that the name matches how it actually trades, and that the services shown are services the clinic publicly says it offers. The same imaging department can appear under a hospital’s name and under a radiology brand’s name; where that happens we merge them into one listing so you don’t ring the same front desk twice.
Just as useful is what we don’t check, because no directory can:
- Appointment availability and wait times. These change daily and only the clinic knows them.
- What you will pay. Billing policies differ between clinics in the same suburb, and sometimes between scans at the same clinic.
- Whether your referral attracts a rebate. A clinic listing MRI means it publicly offers MRI — not that every MRI item is rebatable there for every referral. Our guide to Medicare-eligible scans by modality covers how those rules work.
One more honest limit: service lists come from what clinics publish. A clinic that performs X-ray but never mentions it on its website may not show X-ray in our listing, so treat a missing service as “not published”, not “not offered”.
How often is the data refreshed?
Listings are updated in batches, not in real time. The most recent full refresh was July 2026, and every count on this site is dated to the refresh it came from. Between refreshes clinics change hours, phone numbers, billing policies and sometimes owners — Australian radiology brands change hands often enough that we track them separately in our guide to provider groups and brands. If a detail matters to your booking, the clinic’s own answer beats ours.
What should you still confirm before booking?
Use the directory to find which nearby clinics offer your scan, then ask the front desk two questions: is the item on my referral Medicare-eligible here, and what will I pay on the day? Have the referral in front of you — the clinic checks your exact item number, and that is the one thing no directory can do for you. Nothing on this site is medical advice; whether you need a scan at all is a question for your referrer.
How do you report an error?
Tell us through the contact page. Include the clinic name, the suburb, and what’s wrong — a dead phone number, a closed clinic, a service that shouldn’t be there. Corrections from clinic staff are welcome, and clinics can also add or update their own listing. We would rather remove a wrong detail than leave it up, so reports are actioned ahead of the normal refresh cycle.