Is the McLaren Northern Michigan ER faster than average?

It is faster than 44% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 37mmedian time
in this ER

McLaren Northern Michigan ER wait time

Emergency room · Petoskey, MI

Faster than 44% of US ERs · #2,279 of 4,081

Directions Call MI ranking

9m slower than the US median

This ERMI 2h 38mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year25,209

416 Connable Ave, Petoskey, MI 49770

(231) 487-4000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey, Michigan spend a median of 2 hours 37 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 9 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Michigan median of 2 hours 38 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Petoskey

Charlevoix Area HospitalCharlevoix, MI · 17 miFaster than 62% of US ERs2h 13min the ER Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial HospitalGaylord, MI · 26 miFaster than 31% of US ERs2h 57min the ER Kalkaska Memorial Health CenterKalkaska, MI · 43 miFaster than 84% of US ERs1h 48min the ER Mackinac Straits Hospital and Health CenterSaint Ignace, MI · 43 miFaster than 72% of US ERs2h 02min the ER Munson Healthcare Grayling HospitalGrayling, MI · 47 miFaster than 29% of US ERs3h 00min the ER Munson Medical CenterTraverse City, MI · 55 miFaster than 4% of US ERs4h 19min the ER Mymichigan Medical Center AlpenaAlpena, MI · 71 miFaster than 9% of US ERs3h 49min the ER Mymichigan Medical Center West BranchWest Branch, MI · 77 miFaster than 22% of US ERs3h 13min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the McLaren Northern Michigan ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 37 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 44% 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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