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Shock wave stone treatment waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for shock wave stone treatment in Victoria public hospitals was 26 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.

17 public hospitals in Victoria 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.

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 28 days marks the national median.

Lithotripsy 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] 10 days not published 12 surgeries
2 The Alfred 19 days not published 19 surgeries
3 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 21 days not published 32 surgeries
4 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 22 days not published 16 surgeries
4 St Vincent's On the Park 22 days 0.0% 129 surgeries
6 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 25 days 0.0% 337 surgeries
7 The Northern Hospital [Epping] 33 days not published 13 surgeries
8 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 43 days not published 25 surgeries
9 Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] 62 days not published 11 surgeries
10 Werribee Mercy Hospital 151 days not published 18 surgeries
11 Williamstown Hospital 155 days not published 30 surgeries
12 The Bendigo Hospital 176 days not published 26 surgeries
unranked Casey Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Northeast Health Wangaratta not published not published not published
unranked Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] not published not published not published
unranked Sunshine Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Western Hospital [Footscray] not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Fitzroy · near Heidelberg.

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The median wait for shock wave stone treatment in Victoria public hospitals was 26 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lithotripsy/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.

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.