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Gallbladder removal waiting times in South Australia

The median wait for gallbladder removal in South Australia public hospitals was 58 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 48 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)".

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

24 public hospitals in South Australia reported gallbladder removal in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

6 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.

Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) in South Australia 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 Naracoorte Health Service 12 days not published 12 surgeries
2 South Coast District Hospital 14 days not published 17 surgeries
3 Gawler Health Service 19 days not published 26 surgeries
4 Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service 25 days 0.0% 61 surgeries
5 Flinders Medical Centre 32 days 0.4% 247 surgeries
5 Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital 32 days not published 16 surgeries
5 Port Lincoln Health Service 32 days not published 10 surgeries
8 Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service 33 days not published 15 surgeries
9 Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services 34 days not published 19 surgeries
10 Noarlunga Hospital 37 days 1.9% 52 surgeries
11 Riverland General Hospital 48 days not published 41 surgeries
12 Whyalla Hospital and Health Services 57 days not published 45 surgeries
13 Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital 69 days not published 11 surgeries
14 Lyell McEwin Hospital 80 days 4.1% 363 surgeries
15 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital 87 days 1.4% 148 surgeries
16 Modbury Hospital 95 days 3.0% 67 surgeries
17 Port Pirie Regional Health Service 97 days not published 10 surgeries
18 Royal Adelaide Hospital 119 days 8.5% 213 surgeries
unranked Angaston District Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Clare Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Kangaroo Island Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo) not published not published not published
unranked Renmark Paringa District Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Women's and Children's Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries

Ranked by area in South Australia: near the Adelaide CBD · near Bedford Park · near Elizabeth Vale.

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The median wait for gallbladder removal in South Australia public hospitals was 58 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Gallbladder removal waiting times in South Australia", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/gallbladder-removal/sa/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/gallbladder-removal/sa/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

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 South Australia.