Is the Medstar Washington Hospital Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 0% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

6h 17mmedian time
in this ER

Medstar Washington Hospital Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Washington, DC

Faster than 0% of US ERs · #4,079 of 4,081

Directions Call DC ranking

3h 49m slower than the US median

This ERDC 5h 45mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen5%

ER visits a year79,318

110 Irving Street Nw, Washington, DC 20010

(202) 877-7000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Medstar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, Washington, DC spend a median of 6 hours 17 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 3 hours 49 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Washington, DC median of 5 hours 45 minutes. 5% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Washington

Howard University Hospital CorpWashington, DC · 1.0 miFaster than 11% of US ERs3h 42min the ER George Washington Univ HospitalWashington, DC · 3.0 miFaster than 0% of US ERs5h 45min the ER Sibley Memorial HospitalWashington, DC · 3.1 miFaster than 1% of US ERs5h 10min the ER Medstar Georgetown University HospitalWashington, DC · 3.3 miFaster than 0% of US ERs6h 05min the ER Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD · 4.8 miFaster than 1% of US ERs5h 14min the ER Walter Reed National Military Med CenBethesda, MD · 6.3 miFaster than 27% of US ERs3h 04min the ER Suburban HospitalBethesda, MD · 6.4 miFaster than 10% of US ERs3h 44min the ER Virginia Hospital CenterArlington, VA · 6.7 miFaster than 6% of US ERs4h 00min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Medstar Washington Hospital Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 6 hours 17 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 0% 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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