Is the Shelby Baptist Medical Center ER faster than average?

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

3h 02mmedian time
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Shelby Baptist Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Alabaster, AL

Faster than 28% of US ERs · #2,932 of 4,081

Directions Call AL ranking

34m slower than the US median

This ERAL 2h 27mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year31,532

1000 First Street North, Alabaster, AL 35007

(205) 620-8100

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Shelby Baptist Medical Center in Alabaster, Alabama spend a median of 3 hours 2 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 34 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Alabama median of 2 hours 27 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Alabaster

Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health SystemBessemer, AL · 12 miFaster than 51% of US ERs2h 27min the ER Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · 15 miFaster than 32% of US ERs2h 54min the ER Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · 17 miFaster than 39% of US ERs2h 44min the ER Baptist Health Brookwood HospitalBirmingham, AL · 17 miFaster than 43% of US ERs2h 38min the ER St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham, AL · 19 miFaster than 6% of US ERs4h 03min the ER University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham, AL · 20 miFaster than 14% of US ERs3h 31min the ER Bibb Medical CenterCentreville, AL · 28 miFaster than 65% of US ERs2h 10min the ER St. Vincent's EastBirmingham, AL · 28 miFaster than 43% of US ERs2h 38min the ER

Questions

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

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 2 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 28% 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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