Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy waiting time at Modbury Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 20 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 77 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 105 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 64 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Modbury Hospital	20 days	0.0%	77 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	20 days	0.3%	626 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	14 days	0.3%	3464 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	17 days	0.2%	10691 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.

Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 10 km away20 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 15 km away19 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 24 km away33 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 547 km away14 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 553 km away22 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 627 km away14 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 630 km away15 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 636 km away14 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

How the wait has changed

Modbury Hospital
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Modbury Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	21	19	15
2017–18	18	19	15
2018–19	13	16	16
2019–20	10	16	16
2020–21	14	19	16
2021–22	17	18	16
2022–23	18	19	17
2023–24	15	19	17
2024–25	20	20	17

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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