Is the Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County ER faster than average?

It is faster than 53% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 24mmedian time
in this ER

Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County ER wait time

Emergency room · New Albany, MS

Faster than 53% of US ERs · #1,889 of 4,081

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4m faster than the US median

This ERMS 2h 05mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year28,852

200 Hwy 30 West, New Albany, MS 38652

(662) 538-7631

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County in New Albany, Mississippi spend a median of 2 hours 24 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 4 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Mississippi median of 2 hours 5 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 24 minutes in the ER, from arrival to departure (CMS, Oct 2024 to Sep 2025). Half of patients spend longer.

Is that a long wait?

It's shorter than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 53% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number.

Where does this data come from?

From CMS Care Compare, measure OP-18b. How this works.

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