Is the Walker Baptist Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 45% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 35mmedian time
in this ER

Walker Baptist Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Jasper, AL

Faster than 45% of US ERs · #2,226 of 4,081

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7m slower than the US median

This ERAL 2h 27mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen3%

ER visits a year31,684

3400 Highway 78 East, Jasper, AL 35502

(205) 387-4000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Walker Baptist Medical Center in Jasper, Alabama spend a median of 2 hours 35 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 7 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Alabama median of 2 hours 27 minutes. 3% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Jasper

North Mississippi Health Services - South MarionWinfield, AL · 28 miFaster than 65% of US ERs2h 10min the ER Fayette Medical CenterFayette, AL · 32 miFaster than 80% of US ERs1h 53min the ER Lakeland Community HospitalHaleyville, AL · 33 miFaster than 92% of US ERs1h 36min the ER Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · 35 miFaster than 39% of US ERs2h 44min the ER University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham, AL · 36 miFaster than 14% of US ERs3h 31min the ER St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham, AL · 36 miFaster than 6% of US ERs4h 03min the ER Baptist Health Brookwood HospitalBirmingham, AL · 37 miFaster than 43% of US ERs2h 38min the ER Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health SystemBessemer, AL · 39 miFaster than 51% of US ERs2h 27min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Walker Baptist Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 35 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 45% 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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