For patients
Appointments
You have a choice of two convenient ways to make an appointment with Herston Private Imaging.
Online bookings
Complete our online booking form and one of our team members will contact you to find an appointment date and time that best suits you.
You will be required to upload a photo of your request form at the time of completing the online booking form.
Herston Private Imaging accepts all request forms.
Call us
Call our clinic on 07 3547 7777 to make an appointment now.
Preparation
At the time you make your appointment, one of our team members will provide you with preparation instructions specific to your appointment.
Preparation varies from examination to examination but may include fasting, filling your bladder, taking medication or bowel preparation, having a blood test or nothing at all.
It is important you follow these instructions for the accuracy and safety of the examination, or your examination may need to be rescheduled.
To find out more click in our Services section.
What to bring to your appointment
Request form from your doctor or allied health provider
Medicare card
Pension card
Healthcare card
Work Cover number
Department of Veteran Affairs card
Relevant prior scans
Fees & Billing
Medicare
Medicare subsidise most imaging examinations but you may be required to pay a gap which is the remaining balance.
Our team will confirm if any out-of-pocket fees are associated with your examination when you make your appointment.
We bulk bill Medicare eligible
Diagnostic CT scans
National Lung Cancer Screening Program CT scans
Diagnostic Xray scans
Department of Veteran Affairs
An application to DVA must be made on your behalf before your imaging exam. Our team will speak with you about this at the time you make your appointment.
WorkCover & TAC
WorkCover and TAC require a pre-approval application before agreeing to cover the costs of your imaging exam. Once approval is issued, they will provide you with a unique claim number that must be shared at the time you make your appointment.
Pension & Health Care Card Holders
Pension and Health Care card holders will bulk billed for Medicare eligible diagnostic imaging exams. A discount will be applied for image guided procedures and imaging exams not covered by Medicare.
Ensuring your Safety
Herston Private Imaging is accredited under the Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme.
Fifteen standards must be must which are assessed by an independent third-party accreditation and certification provider.
Radiation Safety & Protection
Herston Private Imaging has invested in high level technology that is routinely serviced and assessed by engineers and certified medical physicists ensuring they comply with all regulated safety standards.
Our radiologists and medical radiation practitioners apply ALARA, As Low As Reasonably Achievable to each and every imaging examination performed. This in combination with our low dose imaging technology ensures high quality, optimised imaging is produced using the lowest amount if radiation necessary.
MRI Safety
The MRI machine has a powerful magnetic field that presents serious risk.
For this reason, you will be required to complete our MRI Safety Form.
Additionally, our staff will ask you a number of questions at different points of your visit as part of the safety checks. It may seem that we are asking you the same questions over again, but this is our way of ensuring your safety.
Contrast Injections
Contrast agents are sometimes used in MRI and CT to enhance blood vessels and other areas of your body, which improve the accuracy of detecting abnormalities.
You will be required to complete a Contrast Safety Form on the day of your appointment.
Our staff will also ask you some of these same questions at different points of your visit. Once again, this is our way of ensuring your safety.
My Images & Results
Our Patient Portal is a web application that allows you to use a mobile device or computer to securely view and share your images and report performed at Herston Private Imaging.
HPI Patient Portal
Access your images and reports securely
License, Terms and Conditions (“Terms and Conditions”)
FAQs
Feedback
Herston Private Imaging has people at it’s core and we want to hear your voice.
Your feedback will assist us to improve our service.
Click here to complete our Feedback Form.
Location & Parking
We are located on the Lower Ground Level at 7 Wren Street, Bowen Hills, Qld, 4006.
Click here to see a Map & Contact Details.
We have onsite, undercover, secure parking.
Come straight down the lift to the lower ground level where you will be greeted by our friendly staff.
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