Is the Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 5% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

4h 07mmedian time
in this ER

Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Baltimore, MD

Faster than 5% of US ERs · #3,861 of 4,081

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1h 39m slower than the US median

This ERMD 4h 03mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen4%

ER visits a year41,190

5601 Loch Raven Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21239

(443) 444-3902

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland spend a median of 4 hours 7 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 39 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Maryland median of 4 hours 3 minutes. 4% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 4 hours 7 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 5% 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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