Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) waiting times in Victoria

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

36 public hospitals in Victoria reported Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) in 2024–25. The state median was 28 days; the national median was 48 days.

5 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

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

Sandringham Hospital9 days
University Hospital Geelong13 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]19 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]20 days
Frankston Hospital22 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]23 days
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre24 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]25 days
Sunshine Hospital25 days
Box Hill Hospital27 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]27 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]27 days
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]28 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre29 days
Northeast Health Wangaratta30 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]32 days
Angliss Hospital34 days
Bass Coast Health35 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]35 days
The Alfred36 days
The Bendigo Hospital43 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]45 days
Dandenong Hospital47 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]48 days
Casey Hospital48 days
Williamstown Hospital48 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]50 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]50 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital71 days
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]91 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]129 days
Broadmeadows Health Servicenot published
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]not published
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centrenot published
South West Healthcare [Camperdown]not published
The Kilmore & District Hospitalnot published

Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) in Victoria public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Sandringham Hospital	9 days	0.0%	87 surgeries
2	University Hospital Geelong	13 days	0.0%	239 surgeries
3	The Northern Hospital [Epping]	19 days	0.0%	445 surgeries
4	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	20 days	0.0%	128 surgeries
5	Frankston Hospital	22 days	0.0%	182 surgeries
6	West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]	23 days	0.0%	114 surgeries
7	Blackburn Public Surgical Centre	24 days	0.9%	224 surgeries
8	Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]	25 days	0.0%	121 surgeries
8	Sunshine Hospital	25 days	0.0%	147 surgeries
10	Box Hill Hospital	27 days	3.2%	155 surgeries
10	Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]	27 days	0.0%	128 surgeries
10	St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]	27 days	0.0%	128 surgeries
13	South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]	28 days	1.2%	86 surgeries
14	Frankston Public Surgical Centre	29 days	0.0%	152 surgeries
15	Northeast Health Wangaratta	30 days	0.0%	104 surgeries
16	Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]	32 days	0.0%	147 surgeries
17	Angliss Hospital	34 days	0.7%	140 surgeries
18	Bass Coast Health	35 days	0.0%	63 surgeries
18	Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]	35 days	0.0%	181 surgeries
20	The Alfred	36 days	0.0%	161 surgeries
21	The Bendigo Hospital	43 days	0.6%	170 surgeries
22	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	45 days	0.0%	157 surgeries
23	Dandenong Hospital	47 days	0.0%	91 surgeries
24	Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]	48 days	11.3%	124 surgeries
24	Casey Hospital	48 days	0.0%	188 surgeries
24	Williamstown Hospital	48 days	0.0%	171 surgeries
27	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]	50 days	5.7%	122 surgeries
27	Western Hospital [Footscray]	50 days	0.0%	104 surgeries
29	Werribee Mercy Hospital	71 days	10.4%	183 surgeries
30	Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]	91 days	not published	21 surgeries
31	Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]	129 days	not published	12 surgeries
unranked	Broadmeadows Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre	not published	not published	not published
unranked	South West Healthcare [Camperdown]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	The Kilmore & District Hospital	not published	not published	not published

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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