Is the Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 3% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

4h 26mmedian time
in this ER

Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Columbia, MD

Faster than 3% of US ERs · #3,957 of 4,081

Directions Call MD ranking

1h 58m slower than the US median

This ERMD 4h 03mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen4%

ER visits a year73,559

5755 Cedar Lane, Columbia, MD 21044

(410) 740-7890

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center in Columbia, Maryland spend a median of 4 hours 26 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 58 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Maryland median of 4 hours 3 minutes. 4% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Columbia

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 4 hours 26 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 3% 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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