Is the Advent Health Polk 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

Advent Health Polk ER wait time

Emergency room · Columbus, NC

Faster than 59% of US ERs · #1,615 of 4,081

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12m faster than the US median

This ERNC 3h 07mUS 2h 28m

101 Hospital Drive, Columbus, NC 28722

(828) 894-3311

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Advent Health Polk in Columbus, North Carolina 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 North Carolina median of 3 hours 7 minutes.

ERs near Columbus

Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton, NC · 10 miFaster than 53% of US ERs2h 24min the ER Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg, SC · 16 miFaster than 30% of US ERs2h 59min the ER Pelham Medical CenterGreer, SC · 18 miFaster than 31% of US ERs2h 57min the ER Adventhealth HendersonvilleHendersonville, NC · 22 miFaster than 39% of US ERs2h 44min the ER Prisma Health Greer Memorial HospitalSpartanburg, SC · 23 miFaster than 15% of US ERs3h 28min the ER Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville, NC · 27 miFaster than 43% of US ERs2h 38min the ER Atrium Health ClevelandShelby, NC · 29 miFaster than 42% of US ERs2h 40min the ER Cherokee Medical CenterGaffney, SC · 31 miFaster than 41% of US ERs2h 41min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Advent Health Polk 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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