Is the Boston Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 9% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 47mmedian time
in this ER

Boston Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Boston, MA

Faster than 9% of US ERs · #3,690 of 4,081

Directions Call MA ranking

1h 19m slower than the US median

This ERMA 3h 34mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen7%

ER visits a year133,123

1 Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118

(617) 638-8000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Boston Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts spend a median of 3 hours 47 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 19 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Massachusetts median of 3 hours 34 minutes. 7% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Boston

Tufts Medical CenterBoston, MA · 1.0 miFaster than 15% of US ERs3h 28min the ER Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston, MA · 1.3 miFaster than 1% of US ERs5h 00min the ER Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -Boston, MA · 1.8 miFaster than 32% of US ERs2h 54min the ER Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MA · 1.8 miFaster than 0% of US ERs5h 36min the ER Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA · 2.1 miFaster than 2% of US ERs4h 48min the ER Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA · 2.4 miFaster than 47% of US ERs2h 33min the ER Brigham and Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain, MA · 3.0 miFaster than 4% of US ERs4h 16min the ER Boston Medical Center-BrightonBrighton, MA · 4.4 miFaster than 51% of US ERs2h 26min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Boston Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 47 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 9% 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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