Is the Princeton Baptist Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 39% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 44mmedian time
in this ER

Princeton Baptist Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Birmingham, AL

Faster than 39% of US ERs · #2,473 of 4,081

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16m slower than the US median

This ERAL 2h 27mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year27,799

701 Princeton Avenue Southwest, Birmingham, AL 35211

(205) 783-3800

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama spend a median of 2 hours 44 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 16 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Alabama median of 2 hours 27 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Princeton Baptist Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 44 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 39% 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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