Is the United Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 3% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

4h 24mmedian time
in this ER

United Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Washington, DC

Faster than 3% of US ERs · #3,949 of 4,081

Directions Call DC ranking

1h 56m slower than the US median

This ERDC 5h 45mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen8%

ER visits a year35,557

1310 Southern Avenue Se, Washington, DC 20032

(202) 574-6000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at United Medical Center in Washington, Washington, DC spend a median of 4 hours 24 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 56 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Washington, DC median of 5 hours 45 minutes. 8% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Washington

George Washington Univ HospitalWashington, DC · 4.6 miFaster than 0% of US ERs5h 45min the ER Inova Alexandria HospitalAlexandria, VA · 5.3 miFaster than 31% of US ERs2h 56min the ER Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical CtrFort Washington, MD · 6.2 miFaster than 18% of US ERs3h 22min the ER Howard University Hospital CorpWashington, DC · 6.3 miFaster than 11% of US ERs3h 42min the ER Medstar Washington Hospital CenterWashington, DC · 7.0 miFaster than 0% of US ERs6h 17min the ER Medstar Georgetown University HospitalWashington, DC · 7.1 miFaster than 0% of US ERs6h 05min the ER Inova Mount Vernon HospitalAlexandria, VA · 7.5 miFaster than 48% of US ERs2h 30min the ER Virginia Hospital CenterArlington, VA · 7.5 miFaster than 6% of US ERs4h 00min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the United Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 4 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 3% 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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