Is the Penobscot Valley Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 67% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 07mmedian time
in this ER

Penobscot Valley Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Lincoln, ME

Faster than 67% of US ERs · #1,325 of 4,081

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21m faster than the US median

This ERME 2h 38mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year7,373

7 Transalpine Road, Po Box 368, Lincoln, ME 04457

(207) 794-3321

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Penobscot Valley Hospital in Lincoln, Maine spend a median of 2 hours 7 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 21 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Maine median of 2 hours 38 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Penobscot Valley Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 7 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 67% 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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