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Shock wave stone treatment waiting times in Queensland

The median wait for shock wave stone treatment in Queensland public hospitals was 57 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 28 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Lithotripsy".

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

16 public hospitals in Queensland reported shock wave stone treatment in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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

9 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 28 days marks the national median.

Lithotripsy in Queensland 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 Princess Alexandra Hospital 23 days 3.8% 53 surgeries
2 Townsville University Hospital 36 days not published 23 surgeries
3 The Prince Charles Hospital 62 days 0.0% 133 surgeries
4 Cairns Hospital 63 days not published 12 surgeries
5 Gold Coast University Hospital 85 days not published 12 surgeries
6 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital 104 days not published 17 surgeries
7 Mater Adult Hospital 147 days not published 20 surgeries
unranked Ipswich Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Mackay Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Queensland Children's Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Redcliffe Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Rockhampton Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Sunshine Coast University Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service not published not published not published
unranked Toowoomba Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Queensland: near Woolloongabba.

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The median wait for shock wave stone treatment in Queensland public hospitals was 57 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Shock wave stone treatment waiting times in Queensland", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lithotripsy/qld/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lithotripsy/qld/), 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 Queensland.