Is the Cary Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 55% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 21mmedian time
in this ER

Cary Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Caribou, ME

Faster than 55% of US ERs · #1,809 of 4,081

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7m faster than the US median

This ERME 2h 38mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen3%

ER visits a year13,552

163 Van Buren Rd, Suite 1, Caribou, ME 04736

(207) 498-3111

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Cary Medical Center in Caribou, Maine spend a median of 2 hours 21 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 7 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Maine median of 2 hours 38 minutes. 3% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Caribou

Northern Light a R Gould HospitalPresque Isle, ME · 15 miFaster than 19% of US ERs3h 20min the ER Northern Maine Medical CenterFort Kent, ME · 37 miFaster than 56% of US ERs2h 20min the ER Houlton Regional HospitalHoulton, ME · 50 miFaster than 22% of US ERs3h 14min the ER Penobscot Valley HospitalLincoln, ME · 104 miFaster than 67% of US ERs2h 07min the ER Northern Light C a Dean HospitalGreenville, ME · 104 miFaster than 96% of US ERs1h 26min the ER Calais Community HospitalCalais, ME · 128 miFaster than 46% of US ERs2h 34min the ER Northern Light Mayo HospitalDover Foxcroft, ME · 131 miFaster than 53% of US ERs2h 24min the ER Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical CenterBangor, ME · 148 miFaster than 12% of US ERs3h 39min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Cary Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 21 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 55% 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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