Is the Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 12% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 39mmedian time
in this ER

Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Bangor, ME

Faster than 12% of US ERs · #3,602 of 4,081

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1h 11m slower than the US median

This ERME 2h 38mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year36,014

489 State Street, Bangor, ME 04401

(207) 973-7000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine spend a median of 3 hours 39 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 11 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Maine median of 2 hours 38 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Bangor

St Joseph HospitalBangor, ME · 0.3 miFaster than 26% of US ERs3h 06min the ER Northern Light Maine Coast HospitalEllsworth, ME · 25 miFaster than 16% of US ERs3h 26min the ER Northern Light Mayo HospitalDover Foxcroft, ME · 27 miFaster than 53% of US ERs2h 24min the ER Mainehealth Waldo HospitalBelfast, ME · 28 miFaster than 47% of US ERs2h 32min the ER Northern Light Sebasticook Valley HospitalPittsfield, ME · 29 miFaster than 26% of US ERs3h 07min the ER Northern Light Blue Hill Memorial HospitalBlue Hill, ME · 35 miFaster than 75% of US ERs1h 58min the ER Redington Fairview General HospitalSkowhegan, ME · 40 miFaster than 66% of US ERs2h 08min the ER Mount Desert Island HospitalBar Harbor, ME · 43 miFaster than 65% of US ERs2h 10min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 39 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 12% 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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