Is the Merit Health Wesley ER faster than average?

It is faster than 46% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 34mmedian time
in this ER

Merit Health Wesley ER wait time

Emergency room · Hattiesburg, MS

Faster than 46% of US ERs · #2,194 of 4,081

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6m slower than the US median

This ERMS 2h 05mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year33,717

5001 W Hardy St, Hattiesburg, MS 39402

(601) 268-8000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Merit Health Wesley in Hattiesburg, Mississippi spend a median of 2 hours 34 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 6 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Mississippi median of 2 hours 5 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Hattiesburg

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Merit Health Wesley ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 34 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 46% 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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