Is the St Joseph Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 26% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 06mmedian time
in this ER

St Joseph Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Bangor, ME

Faster than 26% of US ERs · #3,008 of 4,081

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38m slower than the US median

This ERME 2h 38mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen4%

ER visits a year30,184

360 Broadway, Bangor, ME 04401

(207) 262-1000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at St Joseph Hospital in Bangor, Maine spend a median of 3 hours 6 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 38 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Maine median of 2 hours 38 minutes. 4% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Bangor

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Questions

How long is the wait at the St Joseph Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 6 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 26% 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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