Is the Sgmc Health ER faster than average?

It is faster than 17% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 24mmedian time
in this ER

Sgmc Health ER wait time

Emergency room · Valdosta, GA

Faster than 17% of US ERs · #3,387 of 4,081

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56m slower than the US median

This ERGA 2h 42mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen4%

ER visits a year58,506

2501 North Patterson Street, Po Box 1727, Valdosta, GA 31602

(229) 333-1020

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Sgmc Health in Valdosta, Georgia spend a median of 3 hours 24 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 56 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Georgia median of 2 hours 42 minutes. 4% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Valdosta

Archbold BrooksQuitman, GA · 14 miFaster than 99% of US ERs1h 14min the ER Sgmc Health LanierLakeland, GA · 23 miFaster than 96% of US ERs1h 24min the ER Sgmc Berrien CampusNashville, GA · 25 miFaster than 94% of US ERs1h 32min the ER Madison County Memorial HospitalMadison, FL · 29 miFaster than 59% of US ERs2h 17min the ER Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie, GA · 37 miFaster than 33% of US ERs2h 53min the ER Clinch Memorial HospitalHomerville, GA · 38 miFaster than 93% of US ERs1h 34min the ER Coffee Regional Medical Center, IncDouglas, GA · 38 miFaster than 13% of US ERs3h 35min the ER Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton, GA · 40 miFaster than 4% of US ERs4h 15min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Sgmc Health ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 24 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 17% 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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