Is the Inova Fairfax Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 41% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 41mmedian time
in this ER

Inova Fairfax Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Falls Church, VA

Faster than 41% of US ERs · #2,394 of 4,081

Directions Call VA ranking

13m slower than the US median

This ERVA 2h 42mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen0%

ER visits a year200,692

3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042

(703) 698-1110

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia spend a median of 2 hours 41 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 13 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Virginia median of 2 hours 42 minutes. 0% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Falls Church

Virginia Hospital CenterArlington, VA · 3.2 miFaster than 6% of US ERs4h 00min the ER Inova Alexandria HospitalAlexandria, VA · 5.7 miFaster than 31% of US ERs2h 56min the ER Medstar Georgetown University HospitalWashington, DC · 6.6 miFaster than 0% of US ERs6h 05min the ER Sibley Memorial HospitalWashington, DC · 7.5 miFaster than 1% of US ERs5h 10min the ER George Washington Univ HospitalWashington, DC · 7.8 miFaster than 0% of US ERs5h 45min the ER Inova Mount Vernon HospitalAlexandria, VA · 9.2 miFaster than 48% of US ERs2h 30min the ER United Medical CenterWashington, DC · 9.8 miFaster than 3% of US ERs4h 24min the ER Medstar Washington Hospital CenterWashington, DC · 9.9 miFaster than 0% of US ERs6h 17min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Inova Fairfax Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 41 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 41% 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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