Is the Lovelace Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 14% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 32mmedian time
in this ER

Lovelace Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Albuquerque, NM

Faster than 14% of US ERs · #3,513 of 4,081

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1h 04m slower than the US median

This ERNM 2h 48mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year33,878

601 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Ave Ne, Albuquerque, NM 87102

(505) 727-8000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico spend a median of 3 hours 32 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 4 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the New Mexico median of 2 hours 48 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Albuquerque

Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · 5.4 miFaster than 2% of US ERs4h 40min the ER UNM HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · 5.6 miFaster than 2% of US ERs4h 33min the ER Lovelace Women's HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · 6.3 miFaster than 16% of US ERs3h 25min the ER Lovelace Westside HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · 8.2 miFaster than 42% of US ERs2h 39min the ER Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · 48 miFaster than 10% of US ERs3h 45min the ER Los Alamos Medical CenterLos Alamos, NM · 51 miFaster than 36% of US ERs2h 48min the ER Christus St Vincent Regional Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · 57 miFaster than 33% of US ERs2h 53min the ER Presbyterian Espanola HospitalEspanola, NM · 69 miFaster than 36% of US ERs2h 48min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Lovelace Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 32 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 14% 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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