Is the Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania 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 50mmedian time
in this ER

Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania ER wait time

Emergency room · Philadelphia, PA

Faster than 2% of US ERs · #4,011 of 4,081

Directions Call PA ranking

2h 22m slower than the US median

This ERPA 3h 08mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen6%

ER visits a year109,603

3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104

(215) 662-6289

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania spend a median of 4 hours 50 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 2 hours 22 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Pennsylvania median of 3 hours 8 minutes. 6% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 4 hours 50 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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