Is the Sibley Memorial Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 1% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

5h 10mmedian time
in this ER

Sibley Memorial Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Washington, DC

Faster than 1% of US ERs · #4,044 of 4,081

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2h 42m slower than the US median

This ERDC 5h 45mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year40,972

5255 Loughboro Rd Nw, Washington, DC 20016

(202) 537-4680

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, Washington, DC spend a median of 5 hours 10 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 2 hours 42 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Washington, DC median of 5 hours 45 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Sibley Memorial Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 5 hours 10 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 1% 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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