Is the Up Health System Portage ER faster than average?

It is faster than 56% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 20mmedian time
in this ER

Up Health System Portage ER wait time

Emergency room · Hancock, MI

Faster than 56% of US ERs · #1,800 of 4,081

Directions Call MI ranking

8m faster than the US median

This ERMI 2h 38mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year11,383

500 Campus Drive, Hancock, MI 49930

(906) 483-1000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Up Health System Portage in Hancock, Michigan spend a median of 2 hours 20 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 8 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Michigan median of 2 hours 38 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Up Health System Portage ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 20 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 shorter than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 56% 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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