Surgery Waits

Orchidopexy waiting time at The Bendigo Hospital

The median wait for orchidopexy at this public hospital in the Bendigo area of Victoria was 157 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
157 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
10 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 35 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 33 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 48 days in 2020–21 to 157 days in 2024–25 — up 227% — while the national median fell from 86 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 98 km away, at 80 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Orchidopexy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
The Bendigo Hospital157 daysnot published10 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)82 days4.3%679 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)78 days4.1%1790 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for orchidopexy by financial year at The Bendigo Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays0501001502002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25The Bendigo Hospital 157VIC 82Australia 78
  • The Bendigo Hospital
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Orchidopexy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodThe Bendigo Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published5962
2017–18not published5561
2018–19not published5762
2019–20not published6876
2020–214811986
2021–225113891
2022–2397168114
2023–2410211084
2024–251578278

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at The Bendigo Hospital · Orchidopexy across Australia · Orchidopexy in Victoria