Cystectomy waiting times in Victoria

Public hospitals in Victoria ranked by their median wait for cystectomy.

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

20 public hospitals in Victoria reported cystectomy in 2024–25. The state median was 25 days; the national median was 29 days.

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15 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 29 days marks the national median.

Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]17 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]35 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]53 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]59 days
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]64 days
Bass Coast Healthnot published
Box Hill Hospitalnot published
Frankston Hospitalnot published
Frankston Public Surgical Centrenot published
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]not published
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]not published
Mercy Hospital for Womennot published
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centrenot published
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]not published
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]not published
The Alfrednot published
The Bendigo Hospitalnot published
The Northern Hospital [Epping]not published
Werribee Mercy Hospitalnot published
Western Hospital [Footscray]not published

Cystectomy 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	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	17 days	not published	15 surgeries
2	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]	35 days	not published	14 surgeries
3	Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]	53 days	not published	15 surgeries
4	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	59 days	not published	12 surgeries
5	South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]	64 days	not published	11 surgeries
unranked	Bass Coast Health	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Box Hill Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Frankston Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Frankston Public Surgical Centre	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Mercy Hospital for Women	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	The Alfred	not published	not published	not published
unranked	The Bendigo Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	The Northern Hospital [Epping]	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	Werribee Mercy Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Western Hospital [Footscray]	not published	not published	9 surgeries

What is not here

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

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Victoria.