Undescended testicle surgery waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for undescended testicle surgery in Australian public hospitals was 78 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 7 days at Northern Beaches Hospital to 174 days at Gosford Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as "Orchidopexy".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
Across Australia, the median wait for undescended testicle surgery in public hospitals was 78 days in 2024–25, from 1790 surgeries. 4.1% of people waited more than 365 days. 35 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Orchidopexy" 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 78 days marks the national median.
Western Australia: 69 days
New South Wales: 76 days
Victoria: 82 days
South Australia: 106 days
Northern Territory: not published
Queensland: not published
Tasmania: not published
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Australia | 69 days | 1.4% | 212 surgeries |
| 2 | New South Wales | 76 days | 4.9% | 597 surgeries |
| 3 | Victoria | 82 days | 4.3% | 679 surgeries |
| 4 | South Australia | 106 days | 7.0% | 129 surgeries |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | 17 surgeries |
| unranked | Queensland | not published | not published | 99 surgeries |
| unranked | Tasmania | not published | not published | 57 surgeries |
Ranked by area: near Clayton · near St Leonards.
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- WA
- NSW
- VIC
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| Reference period | Australia (days) | WA (days) | NSW (days) | VIC (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 62 | 69 | 73 | 59 |
| 2017–18 | 61 | 77 | 66 | 55 |
| 2018–19 | 62 | 65 | 64 | 57 |
| 2019–20 | 76 | 65 | 82 | 68 |
| 2020–21 | 86 | 80 | 81 | 119 |
| 2021–22 | 91 | 88 | 89 | 138 |
| 2022–23 | 114 | 116 | 106 | 168 |
| 2023–24 | 84 | 85 | 75 | 110 |
| 2024–25 | 78 | 69 | 76 | 82 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for undescended testicle surgery in a public hospital?
The national median was 78 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 69 days in Western Australia to 106 days in South Australia.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for undescended testicle surgery?
Of the 35 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Northern Beaches Hospital reported the shortest median, 7 days, and Gosford Hospital the longest, 174 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?
4.1% of people who had undescended testicle surgery 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 undescended testicle surgery in Australian public hospitals was 78 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Undescended testicle surgery waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/orchidopexy/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/orchidopexy/), 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/orchidopexy.svg" width="720" height="284" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Undescended testicle surgery 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.