Is the Cherokee Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 41% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 41mmedian time
in this ER

Cherokee Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Gaffney, SC

Faster than 41% of US ERs · #2,391 of 4,081

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13m slower than the US median

This ERSC 2h 40mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year28,792

1530 N Limestone St, Gaffney, SC 29340

(864) 487-4271

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Cherokee Medical Center in Gaffney, South Carolina spend a median of 2 hours 41 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 13 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the South Carolina median of 2 hours 40 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

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

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 41 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 longer than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 41% 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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