Is the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 1% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

5h 26mmedian time
in this ER

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Philadelphia, PA

Faster than 1% of US ERs · #4,058 of 4,081

Directions Call PA ranking

2h 58m slower than the US median

This ERPA 3h 08mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen5%

ER visits a year52,087

51 North 39Th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

(215) 662-8000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania spend a median of 5 hours 26 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 2 hours 58 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Pennsylvania median of 3 hours 8 minutes. 5% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 5 hours 26 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 1% 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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