Is the Allegheny General Hospital ER faster than average?

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

4h 34mmedian time
in this ER

Allegheny General Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Pittsburgh, PA

Faster than 2% of US ERs · #3,982 of 4,081

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2h 06m slower than the US median

This ERPA 3h 08mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen3%

ER visits a year45,126

320 East North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

(412) 359-3131

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania spend a median of 4 hours 34 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 2 hours 6 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Pennsylvania median of 3 hours 8 minutes. 3% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Allegheny General Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 4 hours 34 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 2% 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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