Is the Heywood Hospital - ER faster than average?

It is faster than 23% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 12mmedian time
in this ER

Heywood Hospital - ER wait time

Emergency room · Gardner, MA

Faster than 23% of US ERs · #3,127 of 4,081

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44m slower than the US median

This ERMA 3h 34mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen3%

ER visits a year18,532

242 Green Street, Gardner, MA 01440

(978) 632-3420

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Heywood Hospital - in Gardner, Massachusetts spend a median of 3 hours 12 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 44 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Massachusetts median of 3 hours 34 minutes. 3% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Heywood Hospital - ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 12 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 23% 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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