Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) 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: 44 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 136 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 11.0%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 176 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 65 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 Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Wagga Wagga Hospital	44 days	11.0%	136 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	58 days	3.2%	6357 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	28 days	1.2%	4488 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	48 days	2.3%	18067 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 48 days marks the national median.

Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]VIC · about 121 km away48 days
Young HospitalNSW · about 123 km away191 days
Griffith Base HospitalNSW · about 152 km away53 days
Northeast Health WangarattaVIC · about 167 km away30 days
Queanbeyan HospitalNSW · about 172 km away57 days
Cowra Health ServiceNSW · about 188 km away46 days
Goulburn Base HospitalNSW · about 219 km away52 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 224 km away25 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Wagga Wagga Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	83	60	51
2012–13	78	56	50
2013–14	91	55	46
2014–15	90	56	43
2015–16	93	56	42
2016–17	76	51	41
2017–18	71	54	45
2018–19	80	55	45
2019–20	69	55	48
2020–21	68	63	56
2021–22	51	60	53
2022–23	115	72	59
2023–24	150	62	46
2024–25	44	58	48

What is not here

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

All surgery at Wagga Wagga Hospital · Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) across Australia · Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) in New South Wales