Is the Wakemed, Raleigh Campus ER faster than average?

It is faster than 17% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 24mmedian time
in this ER

Wakemed, Raleigh Campus ER wait time

Emergency room · Raleigh, NC

Faster than 17% of US ERs · #3,391 of 4,081

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56m slower than the US median

This ERNC 3h 07mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen3%

ER visits a year280,491

3000 New Bern Ave, Raleigh, NC 27610

(919) 350-8000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Wakemed, Raleigh Campus in Raleigh, North Carolina spend a median of 3 hours 24 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 56 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the North Carolina median of 3 hours 7 minutes. 3% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Raleigh

Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · 11 miFaster than 18% of US ERs3h 22min the ER Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary, NC · 13 miFaster than 21% of US ERs3h 16min the ER Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · 21 miFaster than 26% of US ERs3h 07min the ER Duke Regional HospitalDurham, NC · 26 miFaster than 4% of US ERs4h 15min the ER Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · 31 miFaster than 1% of US ERs5h 17min the ER UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · 32 miFaster than 3% of US ERs4h 28min the ER Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC · 33 miFaster than 14% of US ERs3h 30min the ER Wilson Medical CenterWilson, NC · 36 miFaster than 23% of US ERs3h 11min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Wakemed, Raleigh Campus ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 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 17% 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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