Is the Milton S Hershey Medical Center ER faster than average?

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

4h 21mmedian time
in this ER

Milton S Hershey Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Hershey, PA

Faster than 4% of US ERs · #3,937 of 4,081

Directions Call PA ranking

1h 53m slower than the US median

This ERPA 3h 08mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year81,013

500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033

(717) 531-8521

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Milton S Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania spend a median of 4 hours 21 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 53 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Pennsylvania median of 3 hours 8 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Hershey

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Milton S Hershey Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 4 hours 21 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 4% 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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