Is the Holy Cross Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 1% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

5h 14mmedian time
in this ER

Holy Cross Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Silver Spring, MD

Faster than 1% of US ERs · #4,048 of 4,081

Directions Call MD ranking

2h 46m slower than the US median

This ERMD 4h 03mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen5%

ER visits a year66,853

1500 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910

(301) 754-7000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland spend a median of 5 hours 14 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 2 hours 46 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Maryland median of 4 hours 3 minutes. 5% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Holy Cross Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 5 hours 14 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 1% 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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