Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic), nationally and by state.

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

Across Australia, the median wait for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) in public hospitals was 48 days in 2024–25, from 18067 surgeries. 2.3% of people waited more than 365 days. 176 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

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

Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	State or territory	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Victoria	28 days	1.2%	4488 surgeries
2	Northern Territory	42 days	0.0%	118 surgeries
3	Tasmania	46 days	4.2%	430 surgeries
4	Queensland	53 days	1.3%	3498 surgeries
5	New South Wales	58 days	3.2%	6357 surgeries
5	South Australia	58 days	2.9%	1396 surgeries
5	Western Australia	58 days	3.1%	1780 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
NT
TAS

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Median wait in days for Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	NT (days)	TAS (days)
2011–12	51	54	63	89
2012–13	50	60	58	71
2013–14	46	47	49	71
2014–15	43	36	50	59
2015–16	42	31	43	83
2016–17	41	31	43	33
2017–18	45	35	36	39
2018–19	45	30	45	89
2019–20	48	29	42	70
2020–21	56	45	39	82
2021–22	53	37	33	58
2022–23	59	48	35	64
2023–24	46	27	29	44
2024–25	48	28	42	46

What is not here

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

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.