Urinary stone removal waiting time at Modbury Hospital
Half of patients at Modbury Hospital waited 27 days or less for urinary stone removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Stone/s urinary tract - removal of". This public hospital is in the Modbury area of South Australia.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 27 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 240 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.4%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 28 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 161 days in 2021–22 to 27 days in 2024–25 — down 83% — while the national median rose from 21 days to 25 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 553 km away, at 24 days. Here, 0.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.5%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Stone/s urinary tract - removal of" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modbury Hospital | 27 days | 0.4% | 240 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 29 days | 0.7% | 446 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.8% | 1680 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 25 days | 1.5% | 3653 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 25 days marks the national median.
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 10 km away: 28 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 13 km away: 52 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 15 km away: 56 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 553 km away: 24 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 645 km away: 17 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 648 km away: 24 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 649 km away: 17 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 653 km away: 29 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 — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Modbury Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Modbury Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not published | 28 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not published | 29 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not published | 26 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not published | 28 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 161 | not published | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 65 | 51 | 23 |
| 2023–24 | 28 | 39 | 24 |
| 2024–25 | 27 | 29 | 25 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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