Is the Northern Maine Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 56% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 20mmedian time
in this ER

Northern Maine Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Fort Kent, ME

Faster than 56% of US ERs · #1,784 of 4,081

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8m faster than the US median

This ERME 2h 38mUS 2h 28m

194 E Main Street, Fort Kent, ME 04743

(207) 834-3195

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent, Maine spend a median of 2 hours 20 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 8 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Maine median of 2 hours 38 minutes.

ERs near Fort Kent

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Questions

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

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 20 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 shorter than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 56% 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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