Is the Rex Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 18% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 22mmedian time
in this ER

Rex Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Raleigh, NC

Faster than 18% of US ERs · #3,344 of 4,081

Directions Call NC ranking

54m slower than the US median

This ERNC 3h 07mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year93,015

4420 Lake Boone Trail, Raleigh, NC 27607

(919) 784-3100

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina spend a median of 3 hours 22 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 54 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the North Carolina median of 3 hours 7 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Rex Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 22 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 18% 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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