The range of published waits for each surgery

The widest published range in 2024–25 was for Dupuytren's contracture surgery: 18 days at South Coast District Hospital in South Australia, against 1,231 days at Sunshine Hospital in Victoria.

The figures are for 2024–25. The data was released on 19 August 2026.

The published medians for one surgery differ by up to 1,213 days between public hospitals. This page names, for each surgery with at least two published medians, the hospital with the shortest median and the hospital with the longest. Each surgery name links to its full comparison.

Shortest and longest, surgery by surgery

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The shortest and longest published median wait for each surgery that at least two public hospitals published a median for2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Surgery	Shortest published median	Longest published median	Hospitals
ACL reconstruction	Gawler Health Service SA · 14 days	Shellharbour Hospital NSW · 390 days	108
Adenoid removal	Mount Isa Base Hospital QLD · 1 day. 1 other hospital published the same median.	Fiona Stanley Hospital WA · 585 days	70
Anal fissure repair	Northern Beaches Hospital NSW · 18 days. 1 other hospital published the same median.	Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre VIC · 118 days	21
Aortic aneurysm repair	Wollongong Hospital NSW · 3 days	The Prince Charles Hospital QLD · 98 days	24
Armpit lymph node removal	Joondalup Health Campus (Public) WA · 6 days. 1 other hospital published the same median.	Calvary Mater Newcastle NSW · 24 days	11
Bartholin's abscess drainage	South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] VIC · 8 days	Royal Hospital for Women NSW · 102 days	2
Bladder leakage surgery	Williamstown Hospital VIC · 37 days	Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital QLD · 359 days	9
Bladder removal	Sunshine Coast University Hospital QLD · 16 days	Royal North Shore Hospital NSW · 78 days	18
Bladder scope (cystoscopy)	Bathurst Base Hospital NSW · 1 day	Manning Hospital NSW · 113 days	131
Bone realignment surgery	The Alfred VIC · 20 days	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] VIC · 402 days	49
Bony lump removal	Flinders Medical Centre SA · 14 days	Gosford Hospital NSW · 342 days	9
Brain surgery through the skull (craniotomy)	Sydney Children's Hospital NSW · 2 days	Royal North Shore Hospital NSW · 126 days	25
Breast implant removal	Toowoomba Hospital QLD · 20 days	Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] VIC · 363 days	22
Breast lump removal	St Vincent's On the Park VIC · 6 days	Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital NSW · 47 days	105
Breast reconstruction	St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] VIC · 8 days	Royal Adelaide Hospital SA · 558 days	34
Breast reduction	Osborne Park Hospital WA · 53 days	Dandenong Hospital VIC · 849 days	24
Breast removal	The Alfred VIC · 5 days	Concord Repatriation Hospital NSW · 49 days	97
Bunion surgery	St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] VIC · 32 days	Wollongong Hospital NSW · 402 days	19
Carotid artery plaque removal	St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] VIC · 8 days	Concord Repatriation Hospital NSW · 50 days	27
Carpal tunnel surgery	Deniliquin Hospital NSW · 1 day	Sunshine Hospital VIC · 482 days	160
Cataract surgery	Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] VIC · 1 day	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital SA · 383 days	132
Cervix cone biopsy	Sunshine Hospital VIC · 15 days	Gympie Hospital QLD · 33 days	12
Circumcision	St John of God Midland Public Hospital WA · 7 days	Westmead Hospital NSW · 384 days	102
Cleft lip and palate repair	Queensland Children's Hospital QLD · 53 days	Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] VIC · 560 days	8
Congenital cardiac defect/s - procedure for	The Children's Hospital at Westmead NSW · 34 days	Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] VIC · 178 days	3
Cornea transplant	The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital VIC · 67 days	Royal Adelaide Hospital SA · 203 days	13
Cranioplasty	Westmead Hospital NSW · 16 days	John Hunter Hospital NSW · 86 days	15
Curettage and evacuation of uterus	Blackburn Public Surgical Centre VIC · 1 day. 2 other hospitals published the same median.	Blacktown Hospital NSW · 320 days	81
Dacryocystorhinostomy	Royal Adelaide Hospital SA · 68 days	Kurri Kurri Hospital NSW · 364 days	10
Dermoid cyst - removal of	St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] NSW · 13 days	The Children's Hospital at Westmead NSW · 188 days	5
Deviated septum surgery	Port Lincoln Health Service SA · 8 days	Box Hill Hospital VIC · 910 days	103
Dialysis access surgery	Broome Hospital WA · 1 day. 2 other hospitals published the same median.	Osborne Park Hospital WA · 71 days	75
Dilatation and curettage	Thursday Island Hospital QLD · 1 day	Gladstone Hospital QLD · 104 days	158
Droopy eyelid repair	St John of God Midland Public Hospital WA · 18 days	Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] VIC · 779 days	30
Dupuytren's contracture surgery	South Coast District Hospital SA · 18 days	Sunshine Hospital VIC · 1,231 days	63
Eardrum drainage	Karratha Health Campus WA · 1 day	Wagga Wagga Hospital NSW · 357 days	80
Eardrum repair	Joondalup Health Campus (Public) WA · 66 days	Western Hospital [Footscray] VIC · 787 days	58
Epididymal cyst - removal of	St Vincent's On the Park VIC · 19 days	St George Hospital NSW NSW · 256 days	5
Examination of eye under anaesthesia	Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] VIC · 8 days	John Hunter Hospital NSW · 52 days	11
Excess eyelid skin removal	Princess Alexandra Hospital QLD · 28 days	Fremantle Hospital and Health Service WA · 473 days	23
Female sterilisation	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] VIC · 5 days	Gladstone Hospital QLD · 427 days	53
Femoro-popliteal bypass graft	Townsville University Hospital QLD · 7 days	Western Hospital [Footscray] VIC · 59 days	13
Gallbladder removal	Thursday Island Hospital QLD · 1 day	Campbelltown Hospital NSW · 219 days	176
Ganglion cyst removal	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] VIC · 7 days	Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital NSW · 371 days	42
Glaucoma drainage surgery	St John of God Midland Public Hospital WA · 9 days	Royal Hobart Hospital TAS · 147 days	19
Grommets	Derby Hospital WA · 3 days	Wagga Wagga Hospital NSW · 357 days	64
Haemorrhoid surgery	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] VIC · 7 days	Mater Adult Hospital QLD · 320 days	109
Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of	Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] VIC · 11 days	Wollongong Hospital NSW · 354 days	2
Heart bypass surgery	Wollongong Hospital NSW · 1 day	Liverpool Hospital NSW · 74 days	23
Heart valve replacement	Wollongong Hospital NSW · 1 day	Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] VIC · 227 days	25
Hernia repair	Sandringham Hospital VIC · 18 days	Liverpool Hospital NSW · 351 days	169
Hiatus hernia repair	Sandringham Hospital VIC · 23 days	Coffs Harbour Hospital NSW · 399 days	41
Hip replacement	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital NSW · 26 days	John Hunter Hospital NSW · 409 days	123
Hydrocele surgery	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital NSW · 12 days	Campbelltown Hospital NSW · 367 days	52
Hypospadias - repair of	Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] VIC · 48 days	Campbelltown Hospital NSW · 370 days	13
Hysterectomy	Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre VIC · 8 days	Albany Hospital WA · 389 days	126
Inguinal hernia repair	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] VIC · 7 days. 1 other hospital published the same median.	Macksville District Hospital NSW · 335 days	186
Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt	Queensland Children's Hospital QLD · 6 days	Wollongong Hospital NSW · 34 days	7
Joint fusion surgery	The Alfred VIC · 10 days	Toowoomba Hospital QLD · 428 days	51
Joint replacement revision	Gold Coast University Hospital QLD · 14 days	Wagga Wagga Hospital NSW · 356 days	27
Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy)	Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus WA · 6 days. 1 other hospital published the same median.	Dalby Hospital QLD · 352 days	149
Keyhole joint surgery	Gawler Health Service SA · 15 days	Blacktown Hospital NSW · 360 days	150
Keyhole sinus surgery	University Hospital Geelong VIC · 34 days	Port Pirie Regional Health Service SA · 510 days	64
Kidney drainage blockage repair	Sydney Children's Hospital NSW · 21 days	Mater Adult Hospital QLD · 111 days	22
Kidney drainage stent insertion	Port Macquarie Base Hospital NSW · 1 day	Redcliffe Hospital QLD · 193 days	39
Kidney removal	Queensland Children's Hospital QLD · 7 days	Mater Adult Hospital QLD · 97 days	57
Knee replacement	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital NSW · 24 days	Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] VIC · 667 days	128
Large bowel surgery (colectomy)	Griffith Base Hospital NSW · 5 days	Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] VIC · 84 days	87
Limb amputation	Box Hill Hospital VIC · 3 days	Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus WA · 32 days. 1 other hospital published the same median.	22
LLETZ procedure	Peel Health Campus WA · 7 days. 1 other hospital published the same median.	Mercy Hospital for Women VIC · 197 days	108
Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy	St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] NSW · 7 days	Liverpool Hospital NSW · 32 days	28
Major neck lymph node surgery	Royal Adelaide Hospital SA · 7 days	Liverpool Hospital NSW · 22 days	17
Mastoid surgery behind the ear	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital NSW · 12 days	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] VIC · 368 days	25
Meatoplasty	Sunshine Coast University Hospital QLD · 72 days	Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital QLD · 112 days	2
Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy	Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service QLD · 2 days	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] VIC · 105 days	10
Muscle or tendon length - change of	Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus WA · 4 days	Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] VIC · 425 days	7
Myomectomy	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital NSW · 34 days	Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital QLD · 148 days	11
Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets)	Karratha Health Campus WA · 1 day	Maitland Hospital NSW · 282 days	21
Neck disc removal and fusion	Royal Darwin Hospital NT · 14 days	Concord Repatriation Hospital NSW · 330 days	23
Nerve decompression of spinal cord	Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] VIC · 33 days	Royal Adelaide Hospital SA · 179 days	3
Nose and throat scope	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] VIC · 11 days	Wagga Wagga Hospital NSW · 359 days	14
Out-turned eyelid repair	Peel Health Campus WA · 9 days	Macksville District Hospital NSW · 367 days	37
Outer knee nerve release	Princess Alexandra Hospital QLD · 62 days	Toowoomba Hospital QLD · 141 days	6
Ovary and fallopian tube surgery	Peel Health Campus WA · 9 days	Blue Mountains Hospital NSW · 346 days	100
Parathyroid gland removal	Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] VIC · 14 days	Wagga Wagga Hospital NSW · 312 days	47
Pectus surgery	Queensland Children's Hospital QLD · 4 days	Fremantle Hospital and Health Service WA · 414 days	4
Pedicle screw fusion	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] VIC · 80 days	Royal Adelaide Hospital SA · 125 days	2
Pleurodesis	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] VIC · 6 days	Royal Adelaide Hospital SA · 23 days	6
Probing of naso-lacrimal duct	Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] VIC · 8 days	The Children's Hospital at Westmead NSW · 329 days	5
Prolapse repair	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital NSW · 22 days	Rockingham General Hospital WA · 631 days	66
Prostate biopsy	St John of God Midland Public Hospital WA · 11 days	Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] VIC · 130 days	90
Prostate surgery	Gawler Health Service SA · 15 days. 1 other hospital published the same median.	Port Pirie Regional Health Service SA · 307 days	103
Pterygium (eye growth) removal	Thursday Island Hospital QLD · 4 days	Liverpool Hospital NSW · 443 days	65
Reflux surgery	University Hospital Geelong VIC · 33 days	Nepean Hospital NSW · 277 days	27
Removal of intracranial lesion	Princess Alexandra Hospital QLD · 8 days. 1 other hospital published the same median.	Gold Coast University Hospital QLD · 38 days	8
Retina surgery	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital NSW · 11 days	Fremantle Hospital and Health Service WA · 93 days	25
Rhinoplasty	Osborne Park Hospital WA · 133 days	Box Hill Hospital VIC · 1,236 days	15
Rotator cuff repair	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] VIC · 18 days	Coffs Harbour Hospital NSW · 434 days	40
Salivary gland removal	Royal North Shore Hospital NSW · 16 days	Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] VIC · 177 days	54
Scar revision	The Alfred VIC · 5 days	Liverpool Hospital NSW · 281 days	29
Shock wave stone treatment	Griffith Base Hospital NSW · 8 days. 2 other hospitals published the same median.	The Bendigo Hospital VIC · 176 days	49
Shoulder decompression surgery	Gawler Health Service SA · 14 days	Albany Hospital WA · 376 days	43
Shoulder joint replacement	Western Hospital [Footscray] VIC · 18 days	Bowral Hospital NSW · 456 days	89
Shoulder reconstruction	Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital QLD · 10 days	Gold Coast University Hospital QLD · 290 days	32
Skin lesion removal	Collie Hospital WA · 11 days. 1 other hospital published the same median.	Campbelltown Hospital NSW · 335 days	214
Spinal bone removal (laminectomy)	Osborne Park Hospital WA · 21 days	Wagga Wagga Hospital NSW · 354 days	24
Spinal disc removal	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital NSW · 16 days	Liverpool Hospital NSW · 124 days	30
Squint surgery	Bunbury Hospital WA · 40 days	Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital NSW · 387 days	25
Stapedectomy	The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital VIC · 119 days	Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] VIC · 553 days	4
Tailbone cyst surgery	St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] NSW · 1 day	Mount Druitt Hospital NSW · 311 days	46
Tendon release	Concord Repatriation Hospital NSW · 1 day	Wagga Wagga Hospital NSW · 332 days	26
Testicle removal	Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] VIC · 4 days	Redcliffe Hospital QLD · 42 days	23
Thyroglossal remnant - removal of	Gold Coast University Hospital QLD · 76 days	Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] VIC · 137 days	5
Thyroid gland removal	Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] VIC · 16 days	Maitland Hospital NSW · 464 days	95
Toenail surgery	Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] VIC · 6 days	Mount Druitt Hospital NSW · 320 days	43
Tongue-tie or lip-tie surgery	Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] VIC · 10 days	John Hunter Hospital NSW · 388 days	18
Tonsillectomy	Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre VIC · 6 days	Port Pirie Regional Health Service SA · 450 days. 1 other hospital published the same median.	114
Torn knee cartilage removal	The Alfred VIC · 16 days	Wollongong Hospital NSW · 297 days	14
Trapped nerve release (other nerves)	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital NSW · 21 days	Maitland Hospital NSW · 411 days	17
Trigger finger release	St Vincent's On the Park VIC · 14 days	Sunshine Hospital VIC · 473 days	65
Turbinate surgery (inside the nose)	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital NSW · 21 days	Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] VIC · 729 days	24
Undescended testicle surgery	Northern Beaches Hospital NSW · 7 days. 1 other hospital published the same median.	Gosford Hospital NSW · 174 days	35
Unhealed fracture repair	Concord Repatriation Hospital NSW · 1 day. 2 other hospitals published the same median.	Perth Children's Hospital WA · 105 days	47
Untethering of spinal cord	Queensland Children's Hospital QLD · 33 days	Perth Children's Hospital WA · 131 days	3
Ureter reconnection surgery	Flinders Medical Centre SA · 33 days	Perth Children's Hospital WA · 106 days	4
Urinary stone removal	Frankston Public Surgical Centre VIC · 13 days	Campbelltown Hospital NSW · 80 days	28
Urine passage widening	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] VIC · 14 days	Dubbo Hospital NSW · 108 days	14
Varicose vein surgery	St John of God Midland Public Hospital WA · 14 days	Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] VIC · 714 days	64
Voice box scope surgery	Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre VIC · 6 days	The Children's Hospital at Westmead NSW · 88 days	44
Womb lining removal (endometrial ablation)	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] VIC · 25 days	Blacktown Hospital NSW · 299 days	27

How to read these figures

A median wait describes surgery that already happened. It does not judge a hospital, because hospitals differ in the cases they treat and in the number of people they serve.

This site calls no hospital best or worst. A figure that is not published never counts as a number.

Each page below shows the same published medians from a different angle.

What these figures leave out

Private hospitals are excluded. These pages cover public hospitals only, so they show no private hospital. They also leave out closed hospitals and any figure that is not published.

Before you use these figures

Surgery Waits is not medical advice. Your general practitioner and your treating specialist can help you decide what is right for you.

In an emergency, call 000.

Where this data comes from

Dataset on publicdata.au
Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and intended procedure, Australia
Publisher
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Version
20 October 2026
Data released
19 August 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0
How to cite this data
Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-procedure/v/2026-10-20/
Dataset on publicdata.au
Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
Publisher
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Version
3 October 2026
Data released
19 August 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0
How to cite this data
Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
Dataset on publicdata.au
Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
Publisher
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Version
27 October 2026
Data released
The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
Licence
CC BY 4.0
How to cite this data
Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
Dataset on publicdata.au
Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
Publisher
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Version
27 October 2026
Data released
The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
Licence
CC BY 4.0
How to cite this data
Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
Dataset on publicdata.au
Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
Publisher
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Version
27 October 2026
Data released
The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
Licence
CC BY 4.0
How to cite this data
Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/