Cystoscopy waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for cystoscopy in Australian public hospitals was 26 days in 2024–25 — from 1 day at Bathurst Base Hospital to 113 days at Manning Hospital.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Across Australia, the median wait for cystoscopy in public hospitals was 26 days in 2024–25, from 57307 surgeries. 1.3% of people waited more than 365 days. 131 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cystoscopy" 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
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria | 18 days | 0.6% | 23119 surgeries |
| 2 | Queensland | 30 days | 1.1% | 7577 surgeries |
| 3 | New South Wales | 34 days | 1.7% | 20425 surgeries |
| 3 | Tasmania | 34 days | 1.4% | 1775 surgeries |
| 5 | Northern Territory | 39 days | 1.9% | 155 surgeries |
| 6 | South Australia | 44 days | 2.6% | 4256 surgeries |
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- VIC
- QLD
- NSW
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | QLD (days) | NSW (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 25 |
| 2012–13 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 25 |
| 2013–14 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 27 |
| 2014–15 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 29 |
| 2015–16 | 23 | 20 | 24 | 30 |
| 2016–17 | 24 | 19 | 26 | 27 |
| 2017–18 | 24 | 18 | 26 | 28 |
| 2018–19 | 24 | 17 | 27 | 27 |
| 2019–20 | 23 | 15 | 26 | 27 |
| 2020–21 | 26 | 18 | 28 | 30 |
| 2021–22 | 24 | 17 | 28 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | 26 | 19 | 29 | 31 |
| 2023–24 | 25 | 16 | 29 | 30 |
| 2024–25 | 26 | 18 | 30 | 34 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for cystoscopy in a public hospital?
The national median was 26 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 18 days in Victoria to 44 days in South Australia.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for cystoscopy?
Of the 131 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Bathurst Base Hospital reported the shortest (1 day) and Manning Hospital the longest (113 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
1.3% of people who had cystoscopy in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.
Cite this page
The national median wait for cystoscopy in Australian public hospitals was 26 days in 2024–25, from 1 day at Bathurst Base Hospital to 113 days at Manning Hospital.
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Surgery Waits, "Cystoscopy waiting list: wait times by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cystoscopy/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cystoscopy/), 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/cystoscopy.svg" width="720" height="352" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Cystoscopy 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.