Is the Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc ER faster than average?

It is faster than 33% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 53mmedian time
in this ER

Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc ER wait time

Emergency room · Morganton, NC

Faster than 33% of US ERs · #2,705 of 4,081

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25m slower than the US median

This ERNC 3h 07mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen3%

ER visits a year49,982

2201 S Sterling St, Morganton, NC 28655

(828) 580-5000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc in Morganton, North Carolina spend a median of 2 hours 53 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 25 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the North Carolina median of 3 hours 7 minutes. 3% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Morganton

The McDowell HospitalMarion, NC · 16 miFaster than 53% of US ERs2h 24min the ER Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir, NC · 19 miFaster than 16% of US ERs3h 25min the ER Blue Ridge Regional HospitalSpruce Pine, NC · 20 miFaster than 78% of US ERs1h 55min the ER Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · 22 miFaster than 9% of US ERs3h 48min the ER Charles a Cannon Jr Memorial HospitalLinville, NC · 22 miFaster than 80% of US ERs1h 52min the ER Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory, NC · 24 miFaster than 32% of US ERs2h 54min the ER Atrium Health ClevelandShelby, NC · 31 miFaster than 42% of US ERs2h 40min the ER Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · 32 miFaster than 23% of US ERs3h 12min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 53 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 33% 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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