Is the Maine General Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 26% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 07mmedian time
in this ER

Maine General Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Augusta, ME

Faster than 26% of US ERs · #3,027 of 4,081

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39m slower than the US median

This ERME 2h 38mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen5%

ER visits a year55,252

35 Medical Center Parkway, Augusta, ME 04330

(207) 626-1000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Maine General Medical Center in Augusta, Maine spend a median of 3 hours 7 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 39 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Maine median of 2 hours 38 minutes. 5% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Augusta

LincolnhealthDamariscotta, ME · 26 miFaster than 53% of US ERs2h 24min the ER Mainehealth Franklin HospitalFarmington, ME · 28 miFaster than 35% of US ERs2h 50min the ER St Mary's Regional Medical CenterLewiston, ME · 28 miFaster than 60% of US ERs2h 15min the ER Central Maine Medical CenterLewiston, ME · 28 miFaster than 5% of US ERs4h 13min the ER Redington Fairview General HospitalSkowhegan, ME · 30 miFaster than 66% of US ERs2h 08min the ER Northern Light Sebasticook Valley HospitalPittsfield, ME · 33 miFaster than 26% of US ERs3h 07min the ER Mainehealth Pen Bay HospitalRockport, ME · 33 miFaster than 43% of US ERs2h 38min the ER Mainehealth Mid Coast HospitalBrunswick, ME · 33 miFaster than 21% of US ERs3h 16min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Maine General Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 7 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 26% 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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