Is the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington ER faster than average?

It is faster than 10% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 46mmedian time
in this ER

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington ER wait time

Emergency room · Burlington, MA

Faster than 10% of US ERs · #3,681 of 4,081

Directions Call MA ranking

1h 18m slower than the US median

This ERMA 3h 34mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen5%

ER visits a year71,835

41 & 45 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01803

(781) 744-5100

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington in Burlington, Massachusetts spend a median of 3 hours 46 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 18 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Massachusetts median of 3 hours 34 minutes. 5% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 46 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 10% 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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