Is the Columbia Memorial Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 71% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 03mmedian time
in this ER

Columbia Memorial Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Astoria, OR

Faster than 71% of US ERs · #1,157 of 4,081

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25m faster than the US median

This EROR 2h 37mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year16,929

2111 Exchange Street, Astoria, OR 97103

(503) 325-4321

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Oregon spend a median of 2 hours 3 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 25 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Oregon median of 2 hours 37 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Astoria

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Columbia Memorial Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 3 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 71% 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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