Is the Boston Medical Center-Brighton ER faster than average?

It is faster than 51% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 26mmedian time
in this ER

Boston Medical Center-Brighton ER wait time

Emergency room · Brighton, MA

Faster than 51% of US ERs · #1,961 of 4,081

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2m faster than the US median

This ERMA 3h 34mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year25,208

736 Cambridge Street, Nevins Building, Brighton, MA 02135

(617) 789-3000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Boston Medical Center-Brighton in Brighton, Massachusetts spend a median of 2 hours 26 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 2 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Massachusetts median of 3 hours 34 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Brighton

Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge, MA · 2.3 miFaster than 16% of US ERs3h 25min the ER Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MA · 2.6 miFaster than 0% of US ERs5h 36min the ER Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA · 2.8 miFaster than 47% of US ERs2h 33min the ER Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston, MA · 3.1 miFaster than 1% of US ERs5h 00min the ER Brigham and Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain, MA · 3.5 miFaster than 4% of US ERs4h 16min the ER Boston Medical CenterBoston, MA · 4.4 miFaster than 9% of US ERs3h 47min the ER Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -Boston, MA · 4.5 miFaster than 32% of US ERs2h 54min the ER Tufts Medical CenterBoston, MA · 4.8 miFaster than 15% of US ERs3h 28min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Boston Medical Center-Brighton ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 26 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 51% 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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