Is the Northwestern Medical Center Inc ER faster than average?

It is faster than 32% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 55mmedian time
in this ER

Northwestern Medical Center Inc ER wait time

Emergency room · Saint Albans, VT

Faster than 32% of US ERs · #2,768 of 4,081

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27m slower than the US median

This ERVT 2h 55mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year25,029

133 Fairfield Street, Saint Albans, VT 05478

(802) 524-5911

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Northwestern Medical Center Inc in Saint Albans, Vermont spend a median of 2 hours 55 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 27 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Vermont median of 2 hours 55 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Saint Albans

The University of Vermont Health Network - ChamplPlattsburgh, NY · 18 miFaster than 10% of US ERs3h 43min the ER Univ. of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health CareBurlington, VT · 22 miFaster than 4% of US ERs4h 19min the ER Copley HospitalMorrisville, VT · 30 miFaster than 63% of US ERs2h 12min the ER Elizabethtown Community HospitalElizabethtown, NY · 47 miFaster than 83% of US ERs1h 49min the ER Central Vermont Medical CenterBarre, VT · 53 miFaster than 36% of US ERs2h 48min the ER Porter Hospital IncMiddlebury, VT · 55 miFaster than 31% of US ERs2h 56min the ER The University of Vermont Health Network-Alice HyMalone, NY · 56 miFaster than 43% of US ERs2h 38min the ER Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac LakeSaranac Lake, NY · 59 miFaster than 59% of US ERs2h 16min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Northwestern Medical Center Inc ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 55 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 32% 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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