Is the Nantucket Cottage Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 74% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

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Nantucket Cottage Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Nantucket, MA

Faster than 74% of US ERs · #1,054 of 4,081

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28m faster than the US median

This ERMA 3h 34mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen0%

ER visits a year10,716

57 Prospect Street, Nantucket, MA 02554

(508) 228-1200

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Nantucket Cottage Hospital in Nantucket, Massachusetts spend a median of 2 hours there, from arrival to leaving. That's 28 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Massachusetts median of 3 hours 34 minutes. 0% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Nantucket Cottage Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 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 shorter than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 74% 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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