Is the Lowell General Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 3% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

4h 27mmedian time
in this ER

Lowell General Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Lowell, MA

Faster than 3% of US ERs · #3,960 of 4,081

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1h 59m slower than the US median

This ERMA 3h 34mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen9%

ER visits a year88,827

295 Varnum Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854

(978) 937-6000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Lowell General Hospital in Lowell, Massachusetts spend a median of 4 hours 27 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 59 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Massachusetts median of 3 hours 34 minutes. 9% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

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

The median patient who is sent home spends 4 hours 27 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 3% 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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