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Gallbladder removal waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for gallbladder removal in Victoria public hospitals was 28 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.

36 public hospitals in Victoria 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.

5 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 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 Sandringham Hospital 9 days 0.0% 87 surgeries
2 University Hospital Geelong 13 days 0.0% 239 surgeries
3 The Northern Hospital [Epping] 19 days 0.0% 445 surgeries
4 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 20 days 0.0% 128 surgeries
5 Frankston Hospital 22 days 0.0% 182 surgeries
6 West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] 23 days 0.0% 114 surgeries
7 Blackburn Public Surgical Centre 24 days 0.9% 224 surgeries
8 Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] 25 days 0.0% 121 surgeries
8 Sunshine Hospital 25 days 0.0% 147 surgeries
10 Box Hill Hospital 27 days 3.2% 155 surgeries
10 Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] 27 days 0.0% 128 surgeries
10 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 27 days 0.0% 128 surgeries
13 South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] 28 days 1.2% 86 surgeries
14 Frankston Public Surgical Centre 29 days 0.0% 152 surgeries
15 Northeast Health Wangaratta 30 days 0.0% 104 surgeries
16 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 32 days 0.0% 147 surgeries
17 Angliss Hospital 34 days 0.7% 140 surgeries
18 Bass Coast Health 35 days 0.0% 63 surgeries
18 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 35 days 0.0% 181 surgeries
20 The Alfred 36 days 0.0% 161 surgeries
21 The Bendigo Hospital 43 days 0.6% 170 surgeries
22 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 45 days 0.0% 157 surgeries
23 Dandenong Hospital 47 days 0.0% 91 surgeries
24 Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] 48 days 11.3% 124 surgeries
24 Casey Hospital 48 days 0.0% 188 surgeries
24 Williamstown Hospital 48 days 0.0% 171 surgeries
27 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 50 days 5.7% 122 surgeries
27 Western Hospital [Footscray] 50 days 0.0% 104 surgeries
29 Werribee Mercy Hospital 71 days 10.4% 183 surgeries
30 Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh] 91 days not published 21 surgeries
31 Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] 129 days not published 12 surgeries
unranked Broadmeadows Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] not published not published not published
unranked Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre not published not published not published
unranked South West Healthcare [Camperdown] not published not published not published
unranked The Kilmore & District Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Box Hill · near Clayton · near Frankston · near Heidelberg · near Prahran · near St Albans.

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

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

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/gallbladder-removal/vic/), 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.

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