Is the Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake ER faster than average?

It is faster than 59% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 16mmedian time
in this ER

Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake ER wait time

Emergency room · Saranac Lake, NY

Faster than 59% of US ERs · #1,614 of 4,081

Directions Call NY ranking

12m faster than the US median

This ERNY 3h 24mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen0%

ER visits a year14,553

2233 State Route 86, Po Box 471, Saranac Lake, NY 12983

(518) 891-4141

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake in Saranac Lake, New York spend a median of 2 hours 16 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 12 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the New York median of 3 hours 24 minutes. 0% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Saranac Lake

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 16 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 59% 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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