Bony lump removal waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for bony lump removal in Australian public hospitals was 198 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 14 days at Flinders Medical Centre to 342 days at Gosford Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as "Exostosis - excision of".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
Across Australia, the median wait for bony lump removal in public hospitals was 198 days in 2024–25, from 329 surgeries. 20.1% of people waited more than 365 days. 9 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Exostosis - excision of" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
State by state
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 198 days marks the national median.
Queensland: 115 days
New South Wales: not published
South Australia: not published
Tasmania: not published
Victoria: not published
Western Australia: not published
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queensland | 115 days | 13.0% | 115 surgeries |
| unranked | New South Wales | not published | not published | 97 surgeries |
| unranked | South Australia | not published | not published | 18 surgeries |
| unranked | Tasmania | not published | not published | 15 surgeries |
| unranked | Victoria | not published | not published | 33 surgeries |
| unranked | Western Australia | not published | not published | 51 surgeries |
Ranked by area: near the Gold Coast.
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- QLD
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | QLD (days) |
|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 120 | 83 |
| 2017–18 | 168 | 89 |
| 2018–19 | 169 | 98 |
| 2019–20 | 259 | not published |
| 2020–21 | 311 | 117 |
| 2021–22 | 142 | not published |
| 2022–23 | 257 | 90 |
| 2023–24 | 251 | 126 |
| 2024–25 | 198 | 115 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for bony lump removal in a public hospital?
The national median was 198 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Half of people waited less than that, half waited longer.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for bony lump removal?
Of the 9 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Flinders Medical Centre reported the shortest median, 14 days, and Gosford Hospital the longest, 342 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). A shorter median is not a recommendation. How to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
20.1% of people who had bony lump removal in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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The national median wait for bony lump removal in Australian public hospitals was 198 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Bony lump removal waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/exostosis-excision-of/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/exostosis-excision-of/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/exostosis-excision-of.svg" width="720" height="182" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Bony lump removal by state and territory, 2024–25">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.