Radiology
Radiology is the medical specialty that deals with the study and application of imaging technology like x-ray and radiation to diagnose and treat disease.
See the full details for the following radiology treatments:
MRI and CT scans
Who may refer you for a MRI or CT scan
All MRI and CT scans must be referred by a specialist. We will only approve scans that have been referred by an appropriate specialist. We will fund MRI or CT scans appropriately referred by a GP during an emergency hospital admission from the Hospital Benefit, subject to benefit confirmation.
How we pay MRI and CT scans needed before planned surgery
If an MRI or CT scan is done as part of a pre-operative work-up for a planned surgical procedure, in other words the scan could have been performed before the admission, we will pay the MRI or CT scan as an out-of-hospital scan.
In- and out-of-hospital
We pay up to two approved MRI and CT scans per person per year, subject to the overall annual limit.